Discover the ecological importance of the Arabian Juniper Tree (Juniperus communis), a resilient species vital for ...

The next time you see an interesting bug, take a photo on your smartphone, and post it online. You just might catch an invasive species new to your area. That's the call to action a group of ...

Tarantula poaching could threaten some species to the point of extinction (Credit: Getty Images) The global arachnid trade is threatening the world's most famous spider species. And it's primarily ...

Nicola Toki is the CEO of Forest and Bird and a self-confessed "nature nerd". Each week she talks to Jesse Mulligan about an uncharismatic but lovable member of New Zealand's wildlife community. Get ...

He produced notable results and insights described in over 600 scientific papers. He enabled new scientific disciplines to flourish. And he inspired multiple generations of scientists. As a ...

The Chester Zoo in England reports that the fen raft spiders "just had the biggest mating season on record" after they almost became extinct Alamy The Chester Zoo is looking back on a monumental ...

A new version of the Common Ground Taxonomy (CGT), jointly developed by China, the European Union and Singapore, will make its debut at the COP29 climate summit later this month, an expert involved in ...

Massive spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in the UK after a zoo released them into the wild. Chester Zoo bred the fen raft spiders before setting thousands free ten ...

Fen Raft spiders can spin a web as large as 25cm and can grow to the size of a rate - but are completely harmless to humans (Algirdas/Creative Commons) From reproductive rights to climate change ...