In a recent Current Biology publication, Husker biologists Brandi Pessman and Eileen Hebets demonstrated that the webs of ...

Little did they know they were in for what Shamble says was “a huge surprise”: the strength of this spiders’ silk parallels—and even surpasses—that of most orb weaver spiders, which produce the ...

Then, the spider will anchor it and start weaving the biggest web known to scientists. Not only is the Darwin’s bark spider’s web gigantic, but it’s also incredibly durable. The spider’s ...