A satellite image of "Spider Crater" in Western Australia.

A recent study on Australian jumping spiders has uncovered that these creatures undergo unique sleep stages, reminiscent of ...

The most comprehensive study of its kind confirms that jumping spiders go through two phases of sleep, including a REM-like state that is associated with human dreaming.

Myriad studies focus on human sleep, from mapping circadian rhythms to determining optimal sleep length. But we're not the ...

Finding a spider in a pair of shoes, a laundry basket, or in a closet is never a pleasant experience. As Australia is famous for its diverse creatures and its frightening spiders, people that live in ...

Humans and other vertebrates go through various stages of sleep, including REM (rapid eye movement) sleep characterized by ...

Spider Crater in Western Australia, captured by NASA, is an ancient meteorite impact structure shaped like a giant spider by ...

A new monotypic genus of Australian orb-weaving spider, Venomius, with its type species V. tomhardyi, has been described from ...

Australia, famously, is home to some of the most formidable wildlife on Earth, and its arachnid population is particularly legendary. From the huntsman to the orb-weaver, there are some extraordinary ...

A trap door with silken hinges might sound like something out of a fairy tale, but it's actually something that comes out of some spiders — and there's a new species to add to the list. Researchers in ...

The largest male specimen of the world's most venomous arachnid, the Sydney funnel-web spider, has been relocated to the Australian Reptile Park. The spider will contribute to the reptile park’s ...

A team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry have formally named and described a fossil spider, ...