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 ...

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In a small patch of undisturbed ancient bushland in Western Australia, researchers stumbled upon a rare “jewel.” Hidden in a burrow in the remnants of the Whadjuk boodja, or Perth’s Swan Coastal Plain ...

In a rare instance, science gets in sync with the Holiday season. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, discovered a new species of spider a few days before Halloween. The trapdoor spider ...

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