A West Australian country town is celebrating a unique milestone in its relationship with the unlikeliest of local mascots: ...

Next to a car park, near the centre of an Australian capital city, researchers discovered a tiny animal hiding underground ...

A new species of giant trapdoor spider has been discovered by scientists in the Australian state of Queensland.

The newly discovered trapdoor spider, the Euoplos dignitas, was found in the Brigalow Belt in Queensland, Australia.

Researchers in Australia have made a big discovery: a super-size species of trapdoor spider found only in Central Queensland.

Scientists have discovered a new, massive species of trapdoor spider was discovered in Queensland, Australia.

The Australian arachnid is estimated to be five times the size of the modern-day trapdoor spider and is between 11 and 16 million years old.

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.

Rare and colorful, the tarantula-like creature is a type of golden trapdoor spider belonging to the genus Euoplos, which since 2017 has been the subject of an extensive research program, according ...

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) writes that the trapdoor spider, like most spiders, is venomous. However, this spider's bite will not cause a human to die within five minutes.

Rare and colorful, the tarantula-like creature is a type of golden trapdoor spider belonging to the genus Euoplos, which since 2017 has been the subject of an extensive research program, according ...