Indian Violet Tarantula: Discover India’s rare, shimmering spider hidden in the Western Ghats with its appearance, diet and more

The Indian Violet Tarantula, native to the Western Ghats, is a striking arachnid known for its shimmering violet-blue legs ...
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Scientists Unearth Giant Prehistoric Spider Fossil With Hairy Legs Still Intact

Entombed in rock for over 310 million years, a spider fossil discovered in northern Germany isastonishingly well-preserved.

Burrowing creature — and one half-male-half-female — is new species in Thailand

For a group of researchers in Thailand, not only did they discover a species new to science hiding in dirt burrows, but they discovered something else that is extremely rare in the animal kingdom — a ...

Half-Male, Half-Female Spider Discovered In Thailand

Among the orange and grey arachnids collected by the research team was an oddball—a specimen that was half orange and half ...

A look at the utterly bizarre Say's mantidfly

Thomas Say was perhaps the greatest entomological tour de force America has known. Born in Philadelphia in 1787, Say ...
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Burrowing creature — and one half-male-half-female — is new species in Thailand

In the western forests of Thailand, a burrowing creature that was both male and female was discovered. Maria Krasnova via Unsplash As a scientist, discovering and describing a new species is rare.