Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old ...

Some spiders make fanciful additions to their webs. While theories abound, scientists remain stumped by the creations. Leave it to the spiders to do something that is compellingly beautiful and ...

The world's largest spider web has been found in an underwater cave on the Greece-Albania border, according to a recent ...

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

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room ...

Learn more about two spider species that use their webs to create complex spider doppelgängers for protection from large ...

Some species have an incredible knack for hacking others to get what they want. Scientists have now discovered a fascinating new example – some spiders have been seen manipulating fireflies’ flashes ...

Deep beneath the Balkans, a massive sulfur-fed cave hosts 111,000 spiders in one shared web, defying typical spider behavior.

ENTMAIN copy 39088020348470 Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. "Spider webs are considered by many to be the most spectacular structures of the natural world. Their designs, their creation, and ...

The Journal of Arachnology, Vol. 44, No. 2 (2016), pp. 182-193 (12 pages) Rubber plantations in Southeast Asia have expanded greatly in recent decades, thereby increasing the amount of edges bounding ...