There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

In the year 2001, there was a discovery that could have been straight out of a science fiction movie. It was a spider that ...

In western Australia, in a patch of ancient forest undisturbed by people, researchers set up pitfall traps with the goal of collecting elusive spiders. Their survey yielded two rare female specimens ...

The unveiling of two new jumping spider species, Mogrus shushka and Mogrus pune, in various environments in Rajasthan, ...