Scientists have unearthed the largest spider fossil ever found. Spiders from the same family still exist today. Female giant golden orb-weaver spiders can grow to a whopping 4 or 5 inches in ...

Fossil discoveries in Inner Mongolia have unveiled two rare specimens of an extinct genus of giant spiders, shedding light on ...

Now, though, a new giant trapdoor spider fossils has given us a glimpse at an ancestor of the brush-footed, which is estimated to be four times larger than the modern day species. The new fossil ...

or giant dinosaurs such as Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus. Although this is the largest fossil spider known to date, it is not the oldest. Two species from Coseley, England, Eocteniza silvicola and ...

There were several clues in the newfound fossil, however ... Revising their original labeling of the giant fossilized female spider, the researchers created a new genus and species name for ...

Selden's sleuthing unmasked a major fossil fake when he determined a giant spider was actually a doctored crayfish. The Dalian Natural History Museum in China purchased the "spider" from a local ...

Scientists have named and described a new “giant” fossil spider species that lived between 11 and 16 million years ago in what is now modern-day Australia. The spider was discovered at the ...

Not only was the so-called spider suspiciously large – with a main body length of about 35 mm (1.4 in) – but it also looked rather odd. They proceeded to borrow the fossil from its current ...

There were several clues in the newfound fossil, however ... Revising their original labeling of the giant fossilized female spider, the researchers created a new genus and species name for ...

The biggest known fossil spider has been found in China, a new study says. Measuring nearly 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) in length, the 165-million-year-old fossil was uncovered in 2005 by farmers in ...

There were several clues in the newfound fossil, however ... Revising their original labeling of the giant fossilized female spider, the researchers created a new genus and species name for ...