A spider wrangler of sorts, Paula Cushing has traveled to every desert in America tracking down different types of arachnids. Her most recent study -- the camel spider -- has brought her research team ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Recent Internet postings about the photo above of “camel spiders.” It reportedly was taken by a soldier stationed in Iraq. “A colleague sent me this photo of a mysterious desert insect, claiming that ...

Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren’t actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...