For decades, scientists believed that arachnids, a group that includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and horseshoe crabs, made a single transition from water to land. This long-standing view shaped ...

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Traditionally, arachnids were considered a terrestrial monophyletic group—meaning they descended from a single colonization event of land by a terrestrial ancestor. However, recent phylogenomic ...

A Colossal Arachnid Discovery In a remarkable turn of events, the largest male funnel-web spider ever recorded has found a new home at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby, New South Wales. 2 ...

Researchers have examined the remarkable jumping abilities of male and female Australian peacock spiders, revealing sex-specific differences. These spiders use a unique semi-hydraulic system to jump, ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Scientists have discovered a fungus that turns spiders into “zombies,” luring the arachnids out of their lairs before killing ...

The female has two decades of life ahead of her. As you might guess, the female has a much longer lifespan than the male arachnid. Being hardy creatures, tarantulas aren’t prone to many health issues ...

Notorious on-screen spiders, including Shelob, get a shout-out in “The Art and Science of Arachnids,” a new temporary exhibit at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. However, the exhibit’s ...