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The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three ...

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A captivating new species of arachnid from the late Carboniferous ... Many people harbor the false belief that most of the world’s animals have already been discovered. But that’s not the ...

Over 500 million years ago, the ancestors of a diverse group of animals known as Ecdysozoans existed. This group includes various species of insects, arachnids, and nematode worms. For a long time ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, a highly venomous arachnid found crawling in and around Australia’s most populous city ... had the Sydney funnel-web spider’s diversity and evolution figured out because ...

Those round shells and long legs give Japanese spider crabs an arachnid-like look, hence their common name. These animals also have spines behind and in front of their short eye stalks.

Groundbreaking research reveals the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three distinct species, shedding new light on venom, conservation, and the natural world.