Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs.

After a spider finishes weaving its web, it sometimes adds one last touch. A bright zigzag down the middle, like a silken “X.

Coyote would spring, but the real artistry of the triangle weaver’s ambush lies in the craftsmanship of its silk. Spiders can produce several different types of silk, each uniquely suited to its ...

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Whether you are a fan of spiders or terrified of them, you can’t help but admire their ability to make webs. These fascinating and unique structures are incredible feats of engineering that combine ...

The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided web under tension, which it releases the moment prey flies into the web. Jessica Garb and colleagues sequenced the genome ...

Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

If you love spiders, or even if you hate them, do we have a story for you. A massive spider colony has been discovered in a ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for ...

Many researchers dream of deciphering the amazing ability of spiders to create super strong, super light, and super flexible silk threads - but so far, no one has been able to replicate the spiders' ...