The cool thing about fossils is that you never know what you’re going to find when you start digging – and even after decades of uncovering the past, there are still mysteries to solve.

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

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.

"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 ...

One of the biggest ‘mega spider’ fossil ever found has just been discovered in Australia. This colossal arachnid was five ...

While they may incite fear due to their impressive dimensions, these spiders play crucial roles in their ecosystems and have become subjects of significant scientific interest and study.

The new species, which is distantly related to arachnids such as scorpions and ... university's department of earth sciences, said that the fossils were "spectacularly preserved".

The team says the specimen is potentially a transitional fossil: one that belongs to a group of extinct arachnids which were very closely related to true spiders. But what makes the fossil so unique, ...