Two hairy legs stuck out of a bamboo fence 3,000 feet up in Ecuador’s Andes, and the fast and foul tempered spider a researcher pulled free turned out to be a new species he named after Satan

On a misty trail in a mountain village, a scientist stopped at a fence made from split cane. Two dark, bristled legs were poking out through a crack. He coaxed their owner into the open: a small, fast-moving spider. It would not sit still to be admired. Instead, it bolted in quick, jerky bursts, moving ... Read more