Halloween decorations tend to be campy and fun, but if refined and elegant is more your style, you don't have to fill your house with plastic trinkets. Tiktoker Naomi Vizcaino custom-designed a ...

A silver Argiope spider in a spiderweb with stabilimenta. Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons When imagining a spider web, chances are most people envision a typical spiral, wheel-shaped ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs. Trilobites Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations ...

Ever walked past a spider’s web and noticed it’s got zigzags woven through it? Congratulations! You have observed stabilimenta, a kind of “extra touch” that spiders weave into their webs that's made ...

Nature-made Halloween decorations looming around your porch? Well, you’re not the only one. Joro spiders are a massive invasive species invading the South, but how? Well, they’ve been around since ...

Happy Halloween, Short Wavers! In today's news round-up, we've got only treats. Hosts Regina Barber and Emily Kwong fill in NPR's Ailsa Chang on a debate in spider web architecture, how the details ...

Q. My wife and I watch grackles each morning when they come to the mealworms in a small flock like a motorcycle gang of thugs. Redbirds, titmice and wrens take a backseat. When a grackle is on the ...

You don’t need to splurge to make your home look hauntingly good this Halloween. With a few creative, low-cost ideas, you can turn any space into a spooky setup that’s stylish, fun, and perfect for ...

AUTUMN is peak spider season, with households across the country facing more creepy crawlies than usual. But Paul Gibbens, property expert at housebuyers4u.co.uk, has revealed that a simple light bulb ...

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems. Environmental DNA, or eDNA, has become a popular method. It involves taking a ...

Well-intentioned gardeners often focus on planting the right plants to feed pollinators and other wildlife with pollen, seeds ...