Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

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

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

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only creatures who decorate their abodes. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven ...

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 ...

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

From pretending to be their prey’s prey (or their mate), to attracting prey with dazzling patterns, these tricky spiders don’t rely on their webs alone. Some jumping spiders (from the family ...

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

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 ...

Archaeologists working on the Danish island of Bornholm discovered around 300 rocks engraved during the Stone Age. But archaeologists have no idea what the rocks may represent. The rocks are ...

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 ...