Though the spider is not local, its name is. This new species has been named after Martina Giselle Ramirez, dean of the ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's ...

The new species is a kind of trapdoor spider, a spider known for creating borrows underground with hinged doors.

A new species of trapdoor spider named ‘Aptostichus ramirezae,’ was found by scientists at the University of California, ...

UC Davis scientists uncovered Aptostichus ramirezae, a new trapdoor spider species living under California’s dunes. Genetic analysis revealed it was distinct from its close relative, Aptostichus simus ...

Hidden beneath California’s coastal dunes, a newly identified spider species — Aptostichus ramirezae — reveals how evolution ...

Scientists discovered a new kind of trapdoor spider under California’s sand dunes, showing how isolation helps spiders evolve ...

According to a recent study published in Ecology and Evolution, scientists found that the spider that appeared to be one ...

In case your nightmares haven't been flooded with enough bad things lately, scientists have discovered a new and equally terrifying trapdoor spider that's bigger than any humanity has discovered yet.

A Euoplos dignitas spider pictured in 2021. 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 ...

Scientists found a “cryptic,” eight-eyed animal in a partially underwater nest and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from Young Shih via Unsplash As night fell across Taiwan, the tide went ...