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 ...

Arachnids are more than creepy-crawlies—they’re ancient, diverse, and vital to our ecosystems. From daddy longlegs with hidden evolutionary eyes to huntsman spiders’ lightning-fast hunts, their ...

There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him. In a better documented ...