The spider looks a lot like other tarantula species, with a brown body and eight furry legs. Its abdomen is also relatively familiar until you get to its back, where a long, finger-like “horn ...

Spider expert Ian Enelbrecht photographed this close-up of the odd horn found on C. attonitifer. Ian Enelbrecht Excuse me, your nightmares would like to have a word with you.

Feb. 12 (UPI) --Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species with a one-of-a-kind horn-like protuberance on the arachnid's back.The unusual spider was found in Angola. Scientists identified ...

Maybe this tarantula also needs to go to "Dr. Pimple Popper." A new species of tarantula has been discovered, one that has a "horn" sticking out of its back, a feature that is one of a kind. Known ...

Think of the scariest looking spider you can imagine. Scientists in Africa have found a new one that just upped it. It's a tarantula with a huge horn on its back. The unusual spider was found in ...

Although some other baboon spiders do also have "back horns," the appendages are much harder and shorter than that of the newly-classified species. In all cases, the purpose of the structure ...