This was a real order of monkey business. A Connecticut zoo asked for help naming its baby spider monkey — and revealed the winning moniker on Facebook Friday. The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport created an online poll so the public could help select an ape-propriate name for their female Black-handed spider monkey, which born in … Read more
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It’s a Bennifer reunion. Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez reunited at the red carpet premiere of their new film, “The Kiss of the Spider Woman,” in New York City on Monday night. The exes smiled and took pictures together at the event, which marked their first public appearance together since they finalized their divorce in … Read more
Don’t get it twisted. While spider and varicose veins are a source of aesthetic ire for many, there are key, and potentially life-threatening, differences between the two conditions. “The difference between varicose veins and spider veins has to do with the size of the veins and symptoms,” cardiologist Dr. Randy Gould of Manhattan Cardiology told … Read more
Meet the monkey who befriended a dog and loves to cuddle and watch movies with his owner. Michael Robison, 45, rescued Winston four years ago after authorities busted an illegal animal broker. Michael is the founder of SPARTN Sanctuary, a rescue and rehabilitation center for primates, where he has taken in 10 spider monkeys. Among … Read more
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia – A reptile park in Australia is warning residents to keep their eyes peeled for a large, deadly spider species as summer approaches. The funnel-web spider is one of Australia’s deadliest spiders, and the mating season for the arachnids is coming up. Recent rains and warming temperatures mean the perfect conditions for the spiders to be prowling around residential … Read more
These conjoined “spider” twins in Indonesia are connected at the pelvis in such a way that they possess three legs, four arms and one penis, a condition so rare that it affects just one in two million people While the anomalously attached siblings came into the world in 2018, the case was only just detailed … Read more
Arachnophobes beware: this body lotion reportedly attracts colossal eight-legged pests to your home. Sephora customers are warning beauty lovers not to purchase the skin-quenching Sol de Janeiro Delícia Drench Body Butter, claiming that it entices scarily large arachnids that, in some cases, chase the wearer. One spooked buyer alleges that wolf spiders — which measure half … Read more
Here comes spider, man. Experts are forecasting the imminent arrival of a gigantic, venomous arachnid in the Tri-State area — and you’ll never believe how they’re getting here. The black and yellow Joro spiders, which can measure up to a terrifying eight inches across, first came to the southern United States from East Asia, by way … Read more
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s Nicolas Cage! Cage revealed to Yahoo! Entertainment Wednesday that he filmed a very different cameo as the Man of Steel for DC’s “The Flash” compared to the one that made the final cut. “First and foremost, I was on set,” Cage, 59, said, dispelling rumors that the … Read more
These discounted treats are no trick. America’s favorite foodmakers are offering eaters some scary good deals just in time for spooky season — because it’s never a bad idea to indulge on naughty nosh for Halloween. Sink your teeth into these fang-tastic scacks before it’s too late: Chipotle The Mexican food chain is bringing back … Read more
A woman has gone viral on TikTok for sharing the details of her too-close-for-comfort encounter with a creepy crawler. Desirae Kelly (@desiraekelly) of Farmington, Missouri, posted a video of herself sitting at the doctor’s office, where she waited to be seen for something stuck in her ear. After the nurse took a closer look into Kelly’s ear, … Read more
Along came a spider who sat down inside her. A 64-year-old woman in Taiwan experienced every arachnophobe’s worst nightmare in April when doctors found a spider scuttling about in her ear canal. A case study detailing her eight-legged auditory invader was published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to the report, the … Read more
A Halloween decoration popping up in suburban front yards across the country has become a serious threat to local wildlife. Pumpkins, plastic ghosts and fake spider webs stretched across front porches, are annual reminders the spooky season is upon us in Australia. However, a startling new trend has emerged in the run up to Halloween … Read more
Coming face-to-face with creepy crawlies the size of dinner plates is just part and parcel of living in Australia – so much so that sometimes we don’t even notice when they’re right under our noses. Like one Aussie mom who was too busy feeding a possum to notice the massive huntsman spider that came to … Read more
An Atlanta musician was days away from losing his leg, and even possibly his life after he suffered a brown recluse spider bite last month. Singer-songwriter Gabe Lustman told The Post Thursday he doesn’t know where or exactly when he got bit by the poisonous spider, which he initially thought was a “mosquito bite or … Read more
This creepy spider sent one woman from Florida into a tailspin. When farm owner Jessica Street spotted a large wolf spider in her kitchen recently, she had the idea to catch it in a plastic container — but was shocked when the creature suddenly began hatching what looked like hundreds of babies. One minute, the … Read more
Everyone split! A supermarket in Austria shuttered this week after a venomous Brazilian wandering spider was spotted wandering in the bananas, TMZ reported, citing fears that a bite from the deadly creature can cause long-lasting, painful erections. The Penny market in Krems an der Donau — which is about 45 minutes west of Vienna, the … Read more
Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims for months on end. “It’s like something out of a science fiction movie!” Andrew Wesley Legan, 30, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona … Read more
Spider mites — they’re just like us. Scientists at the University of Vienna have uncovered the creepy-crawlies’ sexual habits. Male spider mites will “undress” their female counterparts before copulation, according to a study published in the scientific journal iScience. This “stripping” occurs when a female spider mite reaches maturity. Owing to intense competition for mates, … Read more