A fossilized arachnid discovered in eastern France is helping researchers untangle the evolutionary roots of modern spiders.

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient creature related to the modern-day spider was recovered encased in fool’s gold in upstate New York. The new species is distantly related to arachnids like ...

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A fact, fun or not depending on your reaction: like other nocturnal animals, some spiders have eyeshine. Tracking a flashlight around open prairie in the Comanche National Grasslands just ...

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A 305-million-year-old arachnid might shed some light on spider evolution. Researchers discovered the fossilized remains of Idmonarachne brasieri curled up in ironstone from central France. The legs, ...

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If you read the stories recently about the new “monster” daddy longlegs species discovered in the forests of southwestern Oregon, you probably won’t want to take a hike there anytime soon. But for ...

EXCLUSIVE: Gregg Sulkin (Runaways), William Miller (The 100) and Melina Matthews (Warrior Nun) have signed on for roles in the spider thriller Arachnid marking the debut feature from Badlands, the new ...

A bizarre arachnid that has a dog-like head has been snapped in a series of photographs that shows just how wild and wonderful our natural world is. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.

This video is indisputable proof as to why you should always think twice before killing a spider with a broom. And one man had to learn the hard way after approaching what seemed like one solitary ...

Source: Maximilian Paradiz, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY 2.0 license. Several years ago, biologist Daniel Wiegmann of Bowling Green State University decided he needed a new ...