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

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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.