Suggestively called Cryptomaster, the herein studied daddy longlegs genus is not only difficult to find, but had also stayed understudied for several decades since its establishment. Inspired by much ...

There's a beast of a spider roaming the Oregon woods, but let's try to keep the fear factor in perspective. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Arachnophobes turn away now. A new “monster” ...

A new species of "monster" arachnid called the Cryptomaster Behemoth has been accidentally discovered by scientists in the southwestern forests of Oregon. The creature was found by Californian ...

Behold the Cryptomaster Behemoth! (or just run away very quickly). If you are scared of spiders [even the ‘nice’ sounding ones like the daddy long-legs] then you probably wouldn’t get along with the ...

Scientists have unearthed a monstrous new arachnid lurking in the woods of southwest Oregon — and it's a beast. The Cryptomaster leviathan was discovered in 1969 at one location in the coastal town of ...

The new daddy longlegs species Cryptomaster behemoth was discovered in Southwest Oregon. (Credit Dr. James Starrett) Scientists have apparently discovered a new species of Daddy Longlegs that belong ...

Suggestively called Cryptomaster, the herein studied daddy longlegs genus, represented until recently by a single species, is not only difficult to find in the mountains of southwest Oregon, but had ...

The Cryptomaster behemoth may sound like a villain from a superhero film. But it's actually a newly-discovered species of spider - or more correctly arachnid - living in the forests of Oregon in the ...

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