Orb-weaver spider. Image by KHBlack via Depositphotos. Orb-weaver Spiders are named for their distinctive wheel-shaped webs, which are engineering marvels of tensile strength and elasticity. These ...

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Spring is the time when many spiders emerge from their winter hiding places and start doing what they do best: spinning webs.

Spiders are known to learn about predators, prey, potential mates, and their overall environment from vibrations carried by their webs. Funnel-weaving spiders in particular connect their webs to ...

The new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, shows the webs of funnel-weaving spiders transmit vibrations differently in response to increased local noise. Spiders ...

Here we will explain exactly how orb-weaver spiders make their webs and why they are architectural wonders. Orb-weaver spiders are members of the Araneidae family of spiders. They are found in all ...

Australia is home to a fascinating spider species known as Walckenaer’s studded triangular spider (Arkys walckenaeri), part ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs randomly; their intricate, symmetrical designs are backed by an astonishing evolutionary strategy and geometry. These perfectly constructed traps serve more than one ...

But "orb weaver spiders, funnel-web spiders, wolf spiders, jumping spiders, tarantulas, and crab spiders" can also cause painful bites that rarely have serious complications. Kids and people older ...