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Researchers at the University of British Columbia have identified two previously unknown species of sea spider, including one with hairy legs and striking red eyes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

I have no idea what children will make of a movie with as many semi-serious gags about extortionate legal bills as silly ones where a spider mugs a bug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

That radioactive spider that transformed Peter Parker into Spider-Man could have bitten the class moron just as easily.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Scientists have discovered the earliest known evidence of the structures that eventually became spider fangs in a fossil dating back 518 million years.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

He felt around, then pulled up a tiny thread of spider silk.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

They were the first invertebrates -- a broad group of animals including spiders, snails and worms -- shown to use celestial navigation for such long trips.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

They are related to spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs, but unlike their land-dwelling relatives, they remained entirely marine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Rearing the snails - as well as other critically endangered invertebrates such as scarlet malachite beetles, ladybird spiders and tadpole shrimp - has become a family affair.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Marsh harriers, bearded tits, flocks of waders and overwintering ducks and geese are a regular sight for visitors, along with otters, water voles, fen raft spiders, orchids and rare sharp-leaved pondweed.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Not just because it’s dark and wet and full of spiders and who knows what else, and not just because it’s always scary weather that necessitates entering its depths.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith