Climate change and habitat loss threaten the newly named trapdoor spider. Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have identified a previously unknown trapdoor spider species lurking in ...

UC Davis scientists uncovered Aptostichus ramirezae, a new trapdoor spider species living under California’s dunes. Genetic analysis revealed it was distinct from its close relative, Aptostichus simus ...

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Three stories from Chicagoans who endured a terrifying experience that they couldn’t explain, couldn’t get over, or couldn’t escape. Karen Holt tells the story of her haunted childhood home on Chicago ...

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Last October, I wandered into William Greenberg Desserts on Madison Avenue in New York City and nearly screamed at a cupcake. Not because it was bad, but because it looked so eerily realistic with its ...

As Bible sales surge, there is a new book about the Good Book for young readers. “Know the story of the Bible. We can’t know the parts if we don’t know the whole,” encourages Emily Stimpson Chapman, ...

I was terrified of the Old Elephant King in “The Story of Babar.” My daughter was freaked out by “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Then came my niece. By ...

If you fancy making your weekend a gruesome one, look no further than a ‘grotesque’ horror movie from 2019 that’s been added to Amazon Prime. Directed by Andre Ovredal and co-written by Guillermo Del ...