Mark Harvey has received ARC and ABRS grants dealing with trapdoor spiders. After a century of scientific confusion, we can now officially add five new species to Australia’s long list of trapdoor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new species of trapdoor spider named ‘Aptostichus ramirezae,’ was found by scientists at the University of California, Davis.

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 ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

An elusive species of trapdoor spider has been spotted again in a small village in Portugal after a 92-year disappearance. Exquisite spider fossils from Australia offer clues to their evolution ...

Researchers in Queensland discovered Euoplos dignitas, a “rare and giant” trapdoor spider that lives underground, animal experts said. Screengrab from Threatened Treasures Facebook Hiding underground ...