Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. A trapdoor spider, known only as “Number 16,” was first ...

While trapdoor spiders can come in all kinds of different sizes, like the massive and nightmarish Euoplos dignitas, or the much smaller brush-footed trapdoor spider, like those found in Australia. Now ...

A newly discovered fossilized giant trapdoor spider in New South Wales is captivating both scientists and the public. This remarkable discovery, detailed in a recent study published in the Zoological ...

A new species of spider was discovered in Australia by a team of researchers that uncovered an incredibly persevered fossil that dates between 11 and 16 million years old. The fossil is the first ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

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 ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...