Jess Marsh had spent 45 minutes crawling and twisting through the claustrophobic limestone tunnels of the Nullarbor Plain ...

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

Some spiders can close these and become watertight, to hold their breath for a long time. Some trapdoor spiders have been recorded only taking a breath every six minutes. Some spiders take the air ...

Nature never ceases to amaze us with its incredible variety of life forms and the unique adaptations that each has evolved to survive. Among these remarkable creatures is the trapdoor spider, a master ...

This extraordinarily successful wildlife rescue set in WA's Porongurup will change your view of trapdoor spiders.

Berlin electronic pop duo Tarwater (Ronald Lippok and Bernd Jestram) haven’t released an album since 2014’s Adrift. Today, they’ve announced their 13th album is coming in November. Titled ...

Newly published research on a new genus of California trapdoor spiders — the work of the Jason Bond laboratory, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology — calls attention to not only the ...

Life Tap-dancing spider rediscovered after disappearing for 92 years Fagilde’s trapdoor spider seemingly vanished after it was first described in 1931, but now scientists have finally spotted it ...

Local News Spooky-looking ‘trapdoor spiders’ spotted around San Diego Sometimes mistaken for small tarantulas, ‘trapdoor spiders’ are native to Southern California.

Nine new species of trapdoor spiders from the genus Stasimopus, all from South Africa’s arid Karoo region, have been described in a paper in Zootaxa. One of the species, Stasimopus ignis, was ...

This find is not only one of the few spider fossils ever discovered in Australia but also the world's first fossil of a spider from the brush-footed trapdoor spider family, Barychelidae.

Home > Science 'Giant' Trapdoor Spider Fossil Found in Australia After three years of trying to match the fossil to an existing species, scientists have come up with a new one entirely.