Weather phenomena have always fascinated humans, leading to countless beliefs and sayings about the skies. While some may ...

Spider web tattoos have long captured the fascination of both tattoo enthusiasts and the general public. These intricate designs, with their delicate yet sturdy web-like patterns, have come to ...

The results provide evidence for the hypothesis that spiders crouch to sense differences in web frequencies to locate prey ...

A groundbreaking study by University of Nebraska–Lincoln biologists has revealed that funnel-weaving spiders, also known as ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

Find out how web-spinning spiders do what they do and learn about the impressive, multipurpose material they use to catch their dinner. Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of ...

Of the 50,000 or so known spider species, most of them do not spin webs. They still produce silk though, and they use it for some of the other purposes we have outlined above. Spiders who do not ...