Auckland War Memorial Museum’s entomology curator, Dr. Leilani Walker, says she is backing the pūngāwerewere, the trapdoor ...

Dr Leilani Walker comment on the Bug of the Year contest – she’s backing the Pūngāwerewere Trapdoor Spider in the contest, ...

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Conservationists have enlisted surprising helpers to locate endangered species in the Northern and Yorke region of South ...

If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all ...

Bat hitchiking, mealybug milking, and defensive bleeding - the creepiest crawlies and freakiest fliers of Aotearoa are duking ...

Buried in Australia's so-called dead heart, a trove of exceptional fossils, including those of trapdoor spiders, giant cicadas, tiny fish and a feather from an ancient bird, reveal a unique snapshot ...

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Oh what a tangled web we weave when the multiverse becomes part of Spider-Man canon. The Spider-Man film franchise started simply enough, with 2002’s “Spider-Man.” Fast forward 20 years and ...

In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory ...

60 years after his first comic book appearance, Spider-Man remains one of the world's most recognizable and beloved superheroes, thanks in large part to the excellent Sony and Marvel films ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...