“Subsequently, the spider host was identified as the orb-weaving cave spider, Metellina merianae, and – through the help of a ...

One of the previously known spider species found by the researchers, Tegenaria pagana. This species still has its eyes, and is found near to cave entrances. One of the previously known spider ...

Researchers found more than 100 of these spiders and, after taking a closer look at the animals, realized they’d discovered a new species: Pinelema elinae, or Elina’s long-legged cave spider.

The Gibellula attenboroughii in the gunpowder store was on a dead orb-weaving cave spider, the Metellina merianae. These spiders usually inhabit the caves but will also inhabit dark human-made ...

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies ... the fungus on an orb weaver spider while filming a show in an abandoned ...

Away from the entrance and in a “light-deprived” part of the cave, researchers found a spine-covered spider, the study said. They took a closer look at the animal and realized they’d ...

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Deep in the unyielding darkness of a Brazilian cave, a pale, blind, spiny beast carefully feels its way across rust-colored rocks. Meet Paleotoca diminas, a spider new to science. The species ...

A spider of the Leptonetela genus stands on its web. (Jie Liu/Hubei University) (CN) — A family of eyeless spiders dwelling in dark caves can sense light. Approximately one to three millimeters in ...