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 ...

Guam has 40 times more spiders than neighbouring islands – and a population of invasive snakes so voracious, they have emptied the forests of every bird.

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 ...

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 ...

Now, these spiders get their name from their behavior; they don't build webs like many of their fellow arachnids. Instead, they wander through the forests and jungles of Costa Rica and other parts of ...

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 ...

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