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Image credit: Photo by Yael Olek, courtesy of the University of Haifa

While conducting research in the Sands of Samar in the southern Arava region of Israel, a team from the department of biology at the University of Haifa-Oranim discovered a new species of sand spider. The spider, which has a leg span larger than five inches, is thought to be the largest of its type native to the Middle East.

The spider’s home, however, is in danger of disappearing, placing the newly discovered species in threatened status…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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