Female ravine trapdoor spiders can live for many years, while males tend to die shortly after mating. The purpose of the trapdoor burrows these spiders make is to provide both concealment and ...

Now they've been described in a research paper by scientists who say they're both types of trapdoor spiders – unusual for the location. "We didn't discover these spiders in the typical dry ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Two new species of trapdoor spiders, Kwonkan fluctellus and Kwonkan nemoralis, have been discovered in the Kimberley region of northern Australia. These spiders ...

If you thought Australia’s spiders were scary, wait until you see the prehistoric version. Scientists have found a fossilised giant trapdoor spider in New South Wales, only the fourth specimen ...