Just in time for Halloween, researchers have identified a new species of trapdoor spider. The newly discovered Aptostichus ...

Bond named the new spider species Aptostichus ramirezae after Martina Giselle Ramirez, a well-known arachnologist who ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, discovered a new species of spider a few days before Halloween. The ...

Scientists discovered a new kind of trapdoor spider under California’s sand dunes, showing how isolation helps spiders evolve ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

A newly discovered trapdoor spider from California’s sand dunes has stunned scientists. The find proves hidden species still lurk in familiar landscapes.

ASHLAND, Ore.— In response to a petition and lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the sand dune phacelia as a threatened species under the ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— Following a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed today to protect the sand dune phacelia as threatened under the Endangered ...

A relatively low-budget project has received a $57,000 state grant to restore sand dunes and native plants next year to spots along Oceanside's North Strand and Harbor Beach. Protected from erosion by ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a scoopula. Then we drove 30 minutes in our rented truck ...

A 29-year-old film student from Chapman University was killed on Friday after his off-road vehicle crashed on a sand dune near the Arizona border. "This is the most horrible thing any of us have ...