Climate change and habitat loss threaten the newly named trapdoor spider. Scientists from the, Davis, have identified a previously unknown trapdoor spider species lurking in the coastal sand dunes of ...

A new species of trapdoor spider named ‘Aptostichus ramirezae,’ was found by scientists at the University of California, ...

Evarcha culicivora is an indirect vampire, a spider that drinks mammalian blood by preying on female mosquitoes that have previously fed off humans.

With Halloween just weeks away, it has become more and more popular throughout the UK to decorate homes both indoors and outdoors for the frightening holiday. But, Brits have been warned that certain ...

On October 13, 2025, in Shaanxi, China, @Sunny shared a funny and fascinating video featuring a trapdoor spider’s clever behavior. In the video, a man gently opens a small hole in the sand — the ...

In western Australia, in a patch of ancient forest undisturbed by people, researchers set up pitfall traps with the goal of collecting elusive spiders. Their survey yielded two rare female specimens ...