The newfound species belongs to the family of 'ladybird velvet spiders' but the bodily features display starkly unusual traits.

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And now, new research has uncovered a ladybird spider in the wilds of a cork oak forest in southern Morocco — and it’s unlike ...

The video above even inspired an entire collection shared on TikTok of mashups, reposts, and theories as to whether the spider represented a genuine species. Spoiler alert: It did not. Spider ...

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Scientists expect the large, brightly colored spider to arrive in the Northeast sometime this year. By Lola Fadulu This summer might be a buggy one. As many as one trillion cicadas are emerging in the ...