The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...

There are more than 50,000 species of spiders in the world, of all different sizes. They live in a wide range of habitats and ...

We recently reported on a new discovery about those zigzags you see in spider webs. Silken decorations like these are known as stabilimenta, and they can serve all kinds of purposes. In the case of ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

Ross Hatton was one of those kids who was fascinated by the creatures from which the rest of us recoil. Think spiders and snakes. He lobbied his mom for permission to keep them as pets, and though she ...

Whether tucked into the corners of a haunted house or shining with drops of morning dew between tree branches, spider webs are homes to the eight-legged critters. Like some species in the animal ...

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say. When you ...

Fluffy, “spider web-looking things” floating in the Modesto air were the talk of social media Wednesday afternoon. Several members of a private community Facebook page, Stanislaus News, have been ...