In the days before scuba tanks, people used to explore the underwater world with the aid of diving bells. These large open-bottomed chambers were dunked into the water, and divers used the air trapped ...

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 ...

It surely feels like fiesta time in Dostoevsky’s country. The other exhibitors have Spider-Man with scuba gear, monolithic tanks you can actually dive into, statues of cows and comic figures with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine sitting on a narrow bench inside a dark room. Your feet are dangling into a floor of water. You’re vaguely aware of the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Quick, think of every place you’ve seen a spider. A forest ...