Three new species of massive, furry “birdeater” spiders have been discovered, with dozens more stricken from the grouping. In a new paper published in the open-access journal ZooKeys, researchers ...

Three species and three genera of birdeater spiders are described as new to science in a paper recently published in the open access journal ZooKeys. In their study, the Brazilian spider experts, Drs.

Three bird-eating tarantula species new to science have been discovered in South America. The findings came alongside an overhaul of a group of spiders - called Avicularia - that were incorrectly ...

As some of the biggest arachnids in the world, bird-eating spiders are many people's idea of a living nightmare. Well, for those with arachnophobia out there, this may not be welcome news as ...

Ybyrapora diversipes was once considered to be in the Avicularia genus, but new research establishes a new genus for this iridescent specimen from the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest Scientists have ...