A BRITISH tourist stumbled upon a “half-spider, half-scorpion” while on holiday in South Africa. Pedro Goss, 18, filmed footage of the creepy creature on a mountain path – but had no idea what it was.

Although an animal’s common name often helps describe its characteristics and/or relationship to other animals, common names can be misleading. One arthropod reported from the periphery of the Rolling ...

A close-up of a camel spider's multifaceted mouthparts, taken in Namibia's Namib Desert. Nature Picture Library / Alamy Imagine waking up to find a hairy-faced, fleet-footed monster on your doorstep—a ...