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

Three decades ago, Brazilian researchers began studying a curious side effect from banana spider bites: the toxin left victims with priapism, a painful and persistent erection. The scientists were ...

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 ...

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 ...