Hidden in the leaves of a park in Australia, a “bizarre”-looking creature searched for its next meal, its “spear-like” appendages at the ready. Visiting scientists spotted the predatory animal — and ...

Spiders are horrific creatures. Most of them are tiny and easy to deal with, yet they’re so scary. Spiders are just as afraid of you as you are of them, maybe even more so. But it turns out that in ...

Scientists have found a fascinating new discovery in the spider world, 18 new species of an assassin spider that biologists once thought was extinct. The archaeid spider, also called the “pelican ...

After studying hundreds of specimens from Madagascar, a scientist has discovered 18 new species of one of the most bizarre spiders on the planet: the spider-eating "pelican spider" that uses salad ...

An unusual spider lurks in Madagascar’s rainforests. With an elongated neck and a curved, beak-like mouth, this spider bears a striking resemblance to a pelican. But to other arachnids, these “pelican ...

Despite their name, pelican spiders aren’t massive, fish-eating monstrosities. In fact, the shy spiders in the family Archaeidae are as long as a grain of rice and are a threat only to other spiders.

Quick: what has eight legs and a face like a pair of hairy salad tongs? If you’re a spider, you know exactly what I’m describing—a beast, which, at least to smaller spiders, is an otherworldly, ...

In 1854, a curious-looking spider was found preserved in 50 million-year-old amber. With an elongated neck-like structure and long mouthparts that protruded from the “head” like an angled beak, the ...

There are some spiders that even other spiders should be afraid of. Pelican spiders, so-called because of a long neck and long jawlike appendages, make a living by hunting and killing other spiders.

LOS ANGELES – An unusual spider lurks in Madagascar’s rainforests. With an elongated neck and a curved, beak-like mouth, this spider bears a striking resemblance to a pelican. But to other arachnids, ...

Spiders are horrific creatures. Most of them are tiny and easy to deal with, yet they're so scary. Spiders are just as afraid of you as you are of them, maybe even more so. But it turns out that in ...