Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...