Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...
The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged hunters to find their next meal.
On a sunny day in late September, Arty Schronce glanced out the screen door of his Atlanta, Georgia, home and noticed something unusual: a female cardinal perched on a spiderweb. At first, Schronce ...
Arachnophobes look away now. Deep inside a pitch-black cave straddling the Albanian-Greek border, researchers have uncovered what may be the largest spider web ever recorded—teeming with more than 111 ...
Although they're frequently called insects, spiders belong to a closely related class called arachnids. Spiders are helpful to people because they feed on harmful insects. Spiders aren't aggressive or ...