This fossilized arachnid is a new species named Douglassarachne acanthopoda. Meet Douglassarachne acanthopoda, a strange arachnid that has stepped into the paleontology spotlight. It has stocky, spine ...
The oldest signs of a spider-like brain have been found in an ancient marine fossil. It shows that the key brain features of arachnids – the group containing spiders and scorpions – were already ...
Learn how a fossil from approximately 500 million years ago traces the evolutionary origins of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids to a surprising place: the sea. Today’s spiders spend most of ...