Scientists describe new fishing spider species
Arjun Cherukutty, a research intern, learned about fishing spiders — large, semi-aquatic arachnids — during a discussion with an expert. Cherukutty, who worked with entomologist Jithu Unni Krishnan at the Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), saw these spiders, soon after, on a field trip to the evergreen rainforests of the Western Ghats near Wayanad, Kerala. […]