A team of scientists led by The University of Western Australia has discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in the ...

Across planet Earth, the animal world is full of species perfectly adapted for life in their specific niche. From polar bears ...

Spiders play an important role in cave ecosystems as predators ... and altered sensory structures. The Tegenaria genus, which includes multiple species found in Israeli caves, presents a rare ...

THE scientific study of spiders has remained peculiarly neglected. In particular the field of systematics, until recently, has relied almost exclusively on the morphological species concept of the ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

The pirate spiders, of which there are four UK species in the genus Ero, go onto another spider's web and mimic the behaviour of its prey to lure the spider closer. When the web's owner investigates, ...

A collaborative research involving the University of Kerala has reported the discovery of two new species of jumping spiders belonging to the genus Epidelaxia from the Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary.