A35-million-year-old arachnid encased in amber is challenging what scientists thought they knew about the history of ...

A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe.

The relationship between humans and arachnids can best be characterised as ambivalent, with popular media brandishing venomous spiders and scorpions as ...

This fossilized arachnid is a new species named Douglassarachne acanthopoda. Meet Douglassarachne acanthopoda, a strange arachnid that has stepped into the paleontology spotlight. It has stocky, spine ...

A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically significant group of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ...