Scared of spiders? How about scorpions? Scientists may have just discovered your worst nightmare. A 100-million-year-old arachnid preserved in amber doesn't just have eight legs, but the tail of a ...

A rare trapdoor spider, Aptostichus ramirezae, discovered in Iran, features a tail-like appendage, a trait thought extinct for millions of years. This 'living fossil' offers a unique glimpse into ...

Trapped in amber, preserved for all time, is one of the weirdest and most terrifying arachnid fossils scientists have ever come across. In research published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution as ...