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

Two spider families split apart nearly 240 million years ago and went their separate evolutionary ways, yet both spin webs with the same distinctive funnel shape. Scientists just sequenced their ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited in a new study which suggests that their wave-propagation effects could help ...

Just like some people, there are arachnids out there that prefer to pick up their takeout meals, including the aptly named slingshot spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). Scientists have just figured out ...

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