"We've not found fossils before that showed this, and so finding this now was a huge (but really fantastic) surprise." Bo Wang The tiny arachnid resembles a spider in having fangs and silk ...

A team of researchers have discovered the fossil of a 305 million-year-old arachnid, which will help scientists to understand more about the early origins of modern-day spiders. The new species, named ...

Fossils of many extant and extinct arachnid groups have been found at Mazon Creek in the past. What’s surprising about the new discovery, however, is how morphologically unique this spider is.

The fossils are found inside ironstone concretions. When the rock was cracked open, there was an impression of a spider-like ...

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient creature related to the modern-day spider was recovered encased in fool’s gold in upstate New York. The new species is distantly related to arachnids ...

The scientists used the fossils - thin slices of rock showing the animal’s cross-section - to work out the range of motion in the limbs of this ancient, extinct early relative of the spiders. From ...

Arachnophobes beware - "spider season" is back. But why does the phenomenon occur and how can anyone who is afraid of creepy-crawlies tackle an arachnid accumulation? Prof Adam Hart, an ...

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool's gold. The new species, which is distantly related to arachnids such as scorpions and ...

A team of researchers has identified the earliest known ecdysozoan fossil, which originated from the Precambrian era.

A 450-million-year-old fossil of an ancient relative of spiders has been discovered preserved in 3D by fool's gold. The new species, which is distantly related to arachnids such as scorpions and ...