Unlike the majority of spiders, which dwell on land, the diving bell spider spends most of its life underwater. It is the ...

The spider kept a "film" of air over its entire body. The researchers suspect that the fuzzy hairs that cover its body help it to maintain this film of air. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!

It was also was an eye-opener to see the mating behaviour of the false widow spider. For me, my favourite species has got to be the diving bell spider, which we see up close in the bathroom of the ...