The Jorō spider, a non-native arachnid species spotted throughout cities in the Southeast is headed straight to Augusta, experts say. “They're everywhere here in northeast Georgia and are ...

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I write about the world of biology. A captivating new species of arachnid from the late Carboniferous period is introduced in a new ... [+] article published in the Journal of Paleontology.

The new species is distantly related to arachnids like horseshoe crabs and scorpions — but in appearance, it’s a far cry from any spider. The lomankus edgecombei creature, belonging to an ...

Scientists determined that the new species is a distant relation to other arachnids such as horseshoe crabs and scorpions, per the BBC. They belong to a group of arthropods called megacheirans ...