The scary-looking, ominously-named wolf spider is actually a beneficial insect. Wolf spiders belong to the class Arachnida and are members of the family Lycosidae (derived from the Greek word lycos, ...

A critically endangered spider not seen in the UK for 40 years has been rediscovered. Aulonia albimana, which was last ...

It was a race against time to find the spider with the team only having four hours to search for it before they had to leave.

The British Arachnological Society had feared it was extinct and has described it as 'one of Britain's epic lost species ...

A wolf spider carries recently hatched babies on her back while sunning on a rock in Olathe, Kansas. The Kansas City Star North Carolina is home to more than 1,200 species of animals, including ...