The trapdoor spider is one of the sneakiest hunters in the arachnid world. These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and ...

If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all such spiders are dangerous, with some often mistaken for the notorious ...

They're relatives of tarantulas and share some of their burrowing habits of that spider species. Trapdoor spiders are medium-sized arachnids with sturdy bodies and thick legs built for digging.

Nicola Toki from Forest & Bird educates us on the intertidal spider, found around the world in the genus Desis, including one ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

The burrow of a newly described tarantula genus in the Western Ghats if India. CreditL Zeeshan Mirza, via Mongabay. The discovery of the new tarantula species underscores both the region’s ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and his fiancee, actor Hailee Steinfeld, were all smiles as they ...