If you thought Australia’s spiders were scary, wait until you see the prehistoric version. Scientists have found a fossilised ...

"I didn't actually see any funnel-webs among those I identified last night. "Things like trapdoor spiders look very similar to funnel-webs. All of those have similar habits, being burrowing ...

The trapdoor spider is one of the sneakiest hunters in the arachnid world. These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and ...

One particularly noteworthy exception was documented in the North Bungulla Reserve in southwestern Australia, where a trapdoor spider–a common arachnid in this region–lived to the incredible ...