Yet, despite its tiny body, the spider constructs webs of remarkable complexity. Eight spindly legs move with the grace of a ...

Scientists discovered a caterpillar that lives in spider webs, eating the bugs that get stuck - including the spider that ...

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 ...

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

Urban noise such as from traffic, aeroplanes and construction is forcing some spiders to weave “soundproof webbing” that transmits vibrations differently, a new study reveals. While previous ...

Of All the Characters on The Wheel of Time, Moghedien Has Us Gasping and Scratching Our Heads the Most Like a spider, Moghedien has been crawling behind the scenes, weaving her web and doing ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE - A tiny blob on a plant captured the attention of Singaporean freelance photographer Nicky Bay in January – and mystified him. From a distance, the 2cm-long pouch looked like the ...

A new study suggests orb-weaving spiders may manipulate the flashes of male fireflies caught in their web to mimic the mating call of a female. A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb ...