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 ...

New research shows spiders didn’t come from the Earth’s land habitats as once believed but originated in ancient seas.

A fossil more than 500 million years old is rewriting the origin story of spiders and scorpions. Researchers suggest that the ancient find indicates arachnids may have evolved in the ocean rather than ...

LIMA, Ohio (WLIO) - The Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District getting local kids familiar with some eight-legged friends on Wednesday. The lesson for the kids was all about spiders, from the hammock ...

In a fascinating study published in Current Biology, researchers have turned our understanding of arachnid evolution on its ...

A fossil misidentified for over a century is now reshaping what scientists know about how life first made the leap from sea ...

A 500 million-year-old fossil with a spider's brain structure suggests that arachnids may have evolved in the oceans.

Whether you love spiders or can't be within 10 feet of them, you probably think of them crawling around on land. Historically ...

In Donkey Kong Bananza, you can find hundreds of different fossils to collect. Among these, the Extra-Rare Fossils are ...

The Short Wave team talks about spider origins, why the odds of having a girl or a boy aren't 50-50, and what the Orion ...

A fossilized brain from a 500-million-year-old sea creature shows unexpected spider-like features, hinting that spiders and ...

Half a billion years ago, a strange sea-dwelling creature called Mollisonia symmetrica may have paved the way for modern ...