Called after Tolkien's character from the 'Lord of the Rings' series, a new eyeless harvestman species was found to crawl in a humid cave in southeastern Brazil. Never getting out of its subterranean ...

But this newly described cave-dwelling, eyeless, daddy longlegs needed a more sinister name to capture its essence. Researchers called it Smeagol, after the creeping, pale Lord of the Rings character.

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SAO PAULO, Nov. 18 (UPI) --Researchers in Brazil named a newly discovered harvestman species after Smeagol, the pathetic bottom-dweller from Tolkien's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy. Harvestmen are ...

Asmus Toys is returning to Middle-earth as they unveiled their latest set of collectible figures from The Lord of the Rings. Sméagol, later known as Gollum, is a truly complex character as he was once ...

Scientists have discovered a spider in Brazil so scary they named it after the “Lord of the Rings” character Smeagol. Writing in the journal ZooKeys, researchers said the new species of troglobitic ...