Alias: Trapdoor Spider. You may see this large spider during the fall months or after a rainstorm. Under normal circumstances they are actually quite shy. They dig burrows underground and create a ...

In case your nightmares haven't been flooded with enough bad things lately, scientists have discovered a new and equally terrifying trapdoor spider that's bigger than any humanity has discovered yet.

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 ...

A trap door with silken hinges might sound like something out of a fairy tale, but it's actually something that comes out of some spiders — and there's a new species to add to the list. Researchers in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The spiders can live for up to 20 years in the wild, are hard to spot despite their size, and have been found near regional farming towns in Australia Scientists in the Australian state of Queensland ...

Scientists in Australia have unearthed the fossil of a new genus of trapdoor spider believed to be anywhere from 11 to 16 million years old. And in addition to being the second largest spider fossil ...