PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon State University (OSU) researcher found a new species of an ant-mimicking spider in a rare fossil from Colombia, the university announced Monday. The specimen ...

Spiders are not well preserved in the fossil record because of their soft exoskeletons, so our understanding of these ancient arachnids is fairly limited. But in rare cases, spiders can become ...

“Only four spider fossils have ever been found throughout the whole continent, which has made it difficult for scientists to understand their evolutionary history," McCurry said in a news release ...

Footprints from Australia show reptiles may have evolved 35 million years earlier than thought, changing the timeline of ...

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 ...