They are originally from South America but have made their way up to the United States. Chilean recluses look similar to brown ... wolf spiders by their two round black eyes on top of their heads.

A fossilised colony of small burrowing reptiles that lived some 250 million years ago was recently found in South Africa. It's the first time that the Procolophon trigoniceps, which lived in the ...

So, too, in these ancient spiders, whose silvery tapeta still shine in the fossils. “They're so reflective—they clearly stick out at you,” says study coauthor Paul Selden, a paleontologist ...

A student’s chance discovery of an ancient 'living fossil' beneath a rock in South Africa uncovers secrets of a prehistoric ...

Across the globe, several spider species possess potent venom, posing significant risks to humans. These spiders, including ...