Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by a ...

A Euoplos dignitas spider pictured in 2021. A trap door with silken hinges might sound like something out of a fairy tale, but it's actually something that comes out of some spiders — and there's a ...

While trapdoor spiders can come in all kinds of different sizes, like the massive and nightmarish Euoplos dignitas, or the much smaller brush-footed trapdoor spider, like those found in Australia. Now ...

In case your nightmares haven't been flooded with enough bad things lately, scientists have discovered a new and equally terrifying trapdoor spider that's bigger than any humanity has discovered yet.

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

Scientists at UC Davis have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close relative of Aptostichus simus, ...