A chance observation of an unusual spider led scientists to identify a new parasitic mite species in Brazil. While sorting ...

In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

Some animal names really like to keep you guessing. Just take the “psychedelic earth tiger,” for example. Not a hallucinogen, ...

A psychedelic spider, sign of spring, a loud primate and more make Fauna & Flora’s 2026 Species to Watch List.

Conservation charity Fauna & Flora has released its 2026 Species to Watch list, which spotlights some of the most endangered ...

After months of debate, Prairie Village city leaders decided Monday night that a family can keep their pet monkey but must ...

Prairie Village recently allowed one resident to keep her new monkey. But the new rules leave the owner feeling frustrated: ...

A fungus that turns spiders into zombies sounds like something straight out of a horror movie. Both arachnophobes and people ...

Discover how the diving bell spider constructs a silk platform underwater and uses it to trap air and make a diving bell.

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

A reduced genome in an island species raises evolutionary questions.

The Prairie Village City Council will vote on a new ordinance regarding monkey ownership, as a resident seeks to keep her pet ...