The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.

Just in time for Halloween, researchers have identified a new species of trapdoor spider. The newly discovered Aptostichus ...

October 31, 2025- By Amy M Quinton - Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of ...

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

The new spiders were identified as Aptostichus ramirezae. They're a new type of trapdoor spider, and live in California ...

A newly discovered trapdoor spider species has been unearthed beneath California’s beaches, offering a rare glimpse into the ...

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

Welcome to UC San Diego’s not-so-haunted house, where the frights are real, but they’re all backed by science. This Halloween ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, discovered a new species of spider a few days before Halloween. The ...

Bond named the new spider species Aptostichus ramirezae after Martina Giselle Ramirez, a well-known arachnologist who ...

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