Sometimes, the scariest surprises come wrapped in the most ordinary things—like bananas. Niloo was out shopping at local ...

When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb ...

Many love the taste and smell of the banana, but there is one critter found around South Carolina donning the colorful fruit’s name that you might want to avoid. The banana spider. This arachnid ...

They're part of what some people refer to as the banana spiders genus Phoneutria. (We say "some people" because the term "banana spider" actually refers to several different species). Also ...

Being dark in the store, Nelson, known as the waterman, lit a match and saw a hairy spider — a tarantula ... who would become known as America’s “Banana King,” was responsible for the ...

When a human gets bit by the venomous Brazilian banana spider (Phoneutria nigriventer), their initial symptoms — rash, sweating, nausea — may sound normal for a spider bite. But what may ...

Fortunately, no one was bitten during the operation. Almost as big as a sheet of A4 paper The occurrence of giant crab spiders in banana boxes is relatively rare, but not entirely unusual ...

They're part of what some people refer to as the banana spiders genus Phoneutria. (We say "some people" because the term "banana spider" actually refers to several different species). Also, fun fact: ...