Whether venturing into pitch-black caverns or boating to uninhabited islands, scientists have recently discovered several new species that expand the scope of life as we know it. Take a look at these ...

Using microscopy and 3D imaging, they were able to examine the fossils’ minute details. It revealed they had spinnerets and ...

Scientists searched through archive collections for preserved animals from South America. They were looking for “ghost”-like creatures — and they found several. The researchers were studying Otoniela ...

Scientists found a “cryptic,” eight-eyed animal in a partially underwater nest and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Young Shih via Unsplash As night fell across Taiwan, the tide went ...

Few creatures fill people with as much as dread and fear as spiders and snakes. In fact, many people develop an extreme, overwhelming fear of spiders (arachnophobia) or snakes (ophidiophobia), and ...

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Alarm over the possible arrival of the Joro spider in the greater New York City area has sparked concern across the Northeast over the scary-looking eight-legged creature. But experts are advising ...

Researchers have documented for the first time a bizarre mating behavior among tiny spider-like creatures in which males "undress" the females before copulating. A team of scientists observed the ...

This creepy spider sent one woman from Florida into a tailspin. When farm owner Jessica Street spotted a large wolf spider in her kitchen recently, she had the idea to catch it in a plastic container ...