Today's spiders spend most of their time on land, scuttling through fields, forests, deserts, and just about every other terrestrial habitat that's out there. But that doesn't mean that their ...
A strange, spiny-legged arachnid from prehistoric times has been unearthed in Illinois. The newly discovered species, named Douglassarachne acanthopoda, lived around 308 million years ago and was ...
The relationship between humans and arachnids can best be characterised as ambivalent, with popular media brandishing venomous spiders and scorpions as ...
Afraid of spiders no more: New exhibit at Notebaert Nature Museum takes the mystery out of arachnids
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 ...
Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...
Creepy crawlies are vital to the health of our planet – but gaining support for them isn’t always easy. Insects and arachnids – spiders, scorpions and harvestmen (daddy long legs) – “don’t usually get ...
Right now, as you read this, more than 110,000 arachnids are crawling around the world’s largest spiderweb. The ‘extraordinary’ but skin-crawling discovery was made inside a pitch-black cave on the ...
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