The diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only spider species known to live almost entirely underwater. This is ...

Legend has it that none other than Alexander the Great was among the first people to plumb the ocean depths in a glass diving bell, a simple submersible that traps surface air for the diver to enjoy.

The secrets of an extraordinary species of spider, which is the only one to live its entire life underwater, have been uncovered by scientists. They found that the diving bell spider, Argyroneta ...

There is only one species of spider in the world that spends its entire life underwater. It is called the diving bell spider or the water spider. A spider that lives underwater is amazing enough but ...

In 1988, Australian screenwriter Andrew Wright participated in a diving expedition to the Pannikin Plains cave system, which turned to disaster when flash floods collapsed the entrance to the caves.

Spider submarine An enduring bubble of air inside an underwater silk sack allows one species of spider to remain underwater for hours at a time, according to a new study. In fact, the bubble is so ...

Gazing into the depths of a pond, it's hard to miss the insects that whirl and zip beneath the surface. However, only one species of spider has joined them: the diving bell spider, Argyroneta aquatica ...

Diving bell spiders spin ‘bubbles’ of web that not only let them live under water, but serve as gills that take in oxygen from the water. Now two biologists have measured what makes these bubbles fail ...

Like eight-legged scuba divers, some spiders can breathe underwater using an air bubble as an oxygen tank of sorts. Now, scientists have figured out some of the fascinating details of this arachnid ...

A hypnotic video shows a water spider collecting air for its diving bell-like nest underwater. In the footage, the spider can be seen swimming to the surface of the water and collecting air which ...