A new species of wolf spider has been officially named after Aragog, the enormous, sentient arachnid character in the Harry Potter books and movies. Researchers from the University of Tehran ...

The theorized connection is based on a quote by a massive acromantula, Aragog, in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: "I came to Hagrid from a distant land, in the pockets of a traveler." ...

A newly identified wolf spider looks so much like Aragog, the giant, fictional spider from the "Harry Potter" series, that the creature is being named after the colossal arachnid, a new study reports.

Rather than a spoiler alert, it's more of a spider alert. Aragog, the Forbidden Forest-dwelling spider from Harry Potter, is probably influenced by Shelob, the spider that lived in the Ephel ...

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