Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Associated Press has captured footage of a new species of arachnid on camera for the first time. Biologists in southern Spain ...

The Sharma Lab at the University of Wisconsin Department of Integrative Biology uses evolutionary biology to discover new species and study the molecular basis for biodiversity. This work allows ...

The spiny legged 308-million-year-old arachnid Douglassarachne acanthopoda was discovered the famous Mazon Creek locality. More than 300 million years ago, all sorts of arachnids crawled around the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A captivating new species of arachnid from the late ...

A strange, spiny-legged arachnid from prehistoric times has been unearthed in Illinois. The newly discovered species, named Douglassarachne acanthopoda, lived around 308 million years ago and was ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A recent study reveals a vast and unregulated global trade in invertebrates, posing a risk of overexploitation of some species in the wild. A group ...

More than 1,200 species of arachnids are part of a largely unregulated global marketplace, according to a new study. By Emily Anthes At first, it seems like any other unboxing video on YouTube: A ...

Scientists have discovered a groundbreaking arachnid species that lived millions of years ago — and it had a tail. The tiny creatures were less than 3 millimeters long and crawled around Southeast ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday an arachnid found only in Central Texas will stay on the endangered species list after a comprehensive review. The Bone Cave harvestman, ...

Unregulated markets could lead to species becoming vulnerable. Spiders, tarantulas and scorpions may be creepy to many, but it turns out there's a gargantuan market for arachnids as pets, and it is ...