In the rural towns outside Bogotá, Colombia, researchers sifted through the leaf litter on the forest floor on the hunt for ...

At night in a national park of Cuba, a “large” creature walked along a rocky edge on its “feather duster-like” legs. The ...

13 in the peer-reviewed journal Zootaxa. The scientists hoped to find species belonging to the Nops genus, a group of spiders that are “active hunters” but “challenging to locate” because ...

America is home to some pretty large spider species that can strike fear into the arachnophobic. However, all of them are ...

The northern map turtle is one of three threatened species in Kansas recommended for downlisting after strides in research. (Missouri Department of Conservation) TOPEKA — A lizard, a turtle and ...

Researchers discovered a new species of jumping spider on Baner hill in Pune. The spider is named Okinawicius tekdi. This discovery increases the number of jumping spider species in India to 326.

The northern map turtle is one of three threatened species in Kansas recommended for downlisting after strides in research. (Missouri Department of Conservation) TOPEKA — A lizard, a turtle and a fish ...

A Nov. 21 proposal to the Kansas Wildlife and Parks Commission recommended downgrading the classifications of the broadhead skink, the northern map turtle and the shoal chub from threatened to ...

and their preferences depend on the individual spider's species, life stage and sex. The results suggest that it may be possible to link spider predation to pest control in famers' fields if the ...

New species are being discovered all around us. Take a look at some of the latest finds. Sebastian Unrau via Unsplash The ...