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Dorsal view of brown spider with light brown legs on white background. This trapdoor spider, named after Stephen Colbert, has an outsized genome. (Jason Bond/UC Davis))

Scientists Sequence Genome of Spider Named for Stephen Colbert

by Amy Quinton
October 28, 2026

Brown, chunky, quarter-sized new species of trapdoor spider named Aptostichus ramirezae, on a white background. (Emma Jochim / UC Davis)

New Species of Spider Discovered, Just in Time for Halloween

by Amy M Quinton
October 29, 2025

Big black spider

Help Name a New Species of California Spider

by Greg Watry
May 20, 2020

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