According to the National Academy of Science the 3 new species use methane, with the help of bacteria, to get energy.

Biology professor Shana Goffredi calls these new curious creatures “extremely adorable” — although arachnophobes may disagree ...

Heat-trapping methane may be best known for the dangers it poses to humans and Earth’s atmosphere, but in the dark depths of ...

One of three methane-eating, deep-sea spider species recently discovered off the Southern California coast. One of three ...

Prepare for your next holiday down South by reading up on the one state with a surprising number of venomous spiders. Plus, ...

Researchers eventually caught roughly a dozen of these spiders and, after taking a closer look, realized they’d discovered a new species: Heligmomerus australis, or the southern trapdoor spider.

According to pest control sites, some other species of recluse spider live in Southern California, mostly in the Sonoran and Mojave deserts. Venomous or not, many spiders bite, entomologists ...

protected species, according to Brookfield Zoo Chicago. Spider monkeys were taken from multiple mothers who were likely hurt in the process, prosecutors say Wildlife experts in California ...

A Texas man will spend months in prison after pleading guilty to trafficking six endangered spider monkeys in Southern California ... endangered a vulnerable species, and posed significant ...