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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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” ...

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 ...

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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 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 ...

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 ...