Scientists found an eight-eyed animal hunting and sitting near its eggs in the desert of Rajasthan and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Rishikesh Tripathi In a desert of northwestern ...

Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren’t actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...

As the sun dips below the horizon, shadows stretch over the sand. For the camel spider, though, this signals the beginning of ...

Almost three years ago, the taxonomy world celebrated the recognition of a new family of spiders which had been discovered on Midwestern State University’s Dalquest Desert Research Station near the ...

It's almost tarantula mating season. That means residents of the arid Southwest and West could be seeing the large furry spiders making their way across the desert in search for a mate. Across the ...