A morbidly maternal wasp, a crop-circle-creating pufferfish and an acrobatic arachnid are among the bizarre and awe-inspiring new species named in 2014, according to a new ranking. Some 18,000 ...

In 2014, scientists discovered an estimated 18,000 species (past and present) — among them, a cartwheeling spider, a giant walking stick insect, and a fish that creates “crop circles.’’ ...

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a spider that lives in the Moroccan desert and can use its gymnastic talents to cartwheel out of danger; a 23-centimeter-long walking stick common in Vietnam; and a colorful sea slug from the ...

A spider from the sand dunes of Morocco cartwheels to thwart predators, moving twice as fast as when it runs. While a pufferfish from Japan turns out to be the creator of intricate circles on the ...

One of the spider species — Cebrennus rechenbergi, which is native to the deserts of northern Morocco — is also known as the cartwheeling spider for the unusual rolling locomotion that it uses ...

From a spider that cartwheels away from its predators to a frog that gives birth to live tadpoles, the newly discovered animals on the top 10 list compiled by an international committee of ...

A cartwheeling spider, a bird-like dinosaur and a fish that wriggles around on the sea floor to create a circular nesting site are among the species identified as the Top 10 New Species for 2015.

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK -- A cartwheeling spider, a bird-like dinosaur and a fish that wriggles around on the sea floor to create a circular nesting site are among the species identified by the SUNY ...