A new study reveals that there are actually 3 species of funnel-web spiders in the Sydney and Newcastle area of Australia.
An editor’s reflections on learning to appreciate spiders.
The Western Ghats are a mountain system in western India. They are a biodiversity hotspot, meaning that they are home to many endemic species found nowhere else on Earth. Researcher Zeeshran Mirza found and described four new species of tarantulas from the Western Ghats. “Most people in India are…
Can you find all the species in this month’s Seek challenge by iNaturalist? Go on! git it a try.
Can you find all the species in this month’s Seek challenge by iNaturalist? Go on! git it a try.
Meet a large tarantula from East Africa: the king baboon spider!
Spiders are being illegally collected from the wild and traded online. This is a problem for their conservation.
Let’s be honest, spiders do freak a lot of people out. But fake news hurts spiders, and we need spiders!
Learn about 7 new jumping spiders discovered in Sri Lanka.