Scientists discovered robotic alien spiders from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Earth's polar ice sheets in October 2025. In October 2025, a Facebook post (archived) about an unusual finding spread ...

Australia is now on red alert. The New Zealand false widow spider, dubbed an 'alien monster' by scientists, has established itself across New Zealand and is showing signs of advancing across the ...

Despite being completely non-threatening to humans, the golden orb weaver spider (Plesiometa argyra) has acid-yellow spots and pincer-like legs, and is as broad as a human fist. In other words, it ...

"I like to get things as horrible and tense as you can, and then burst the bubble with a laugh," says Sting director Kiah Roache-Turner. He might have made a movie about a giant flesh-eating spider, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Long before modern predators stalked Madagascar’s forests, ...