Scientists also name an overlooked snowdrop growing in the UK and a fruit that tastes like banana and guava A zombie fungus that springs from a trapdoor and a flame-like shrub named after the fire ...

A Taranaki biologist is overjoyed after discovering what is thought to be a new species of spider. Regional Council Biodiversity Officer Sandra Sánchez found the specimen on a routine visit at a north ...

Little did Sandra Sánchez know when she saw some small, unusual tunnels at a North Taranaki Key Native Ecosystem (KNE) that they were the home of a potential new species of spider. The Taranaki ...

New species are discovered all the time. While some are found in the most remote parts of the planet, others were hiding in plain sight all this time. Newsweek reported that a new species of spider ...

Disney is set to deliver another thrilling crossover following Mickey Mouse teaming up with Stitch. Now he's learning how to dance with our beloved Spider team! The series Spidey and His Amazing ...

Uniquely is a Modesto Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Central Valley so special. To the delight of critter lovers and the dismay of ...

TODAY DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY. RIGHT NOW TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL. SCIENTISTS AT UC DAVIS DISCOVERED A NEW SPIDER. CHECK IT OUT. IT’S A TRAPDOOR SPIDER WHICH LIVES ALONG CALIFORNIA’S COAST ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of spider living in the state's coastal sand dunes. "These are absolutely beautiful spiders living among the California ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of spider living in the state’s coastal sand dunes. The new species, named Aptostichus ramirezae, is a kind of trapdoor ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of spider hiding in plain sight in coastal California’s sand dunes. The arachnologists from UC Davis published their find this month in the journal Ecology and ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...

On October 13, 2025, in Shaanxi, China, @Sunny shared a funny and fascinating video featuring a trapdoor spider’s clever behavior. In the video, a man gently opens a small hole in the sand — the ...