Spider webs and cobwebs are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Spider webs are active structures ...

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 ...

Spider webs are one of nature's most fascinating manifestations. Many spiders extrude proteinaceous silk to weave sticky webs that ensnare unsuspecting prey who venture into their threads. Despite ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University innovators are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors for biomedical imaging. The Purdue researchers used some architectural features from spider ...

A MATURE female of Uloborus walckenaerius was found in May 1959 in the precincts of Jerusalem. The female lived about four months in the laboratory and reached a large size; she did not lay eggs and ...

CAMBRIDGE (CBS) -- Scientists at MIT have created music using a spider web. Researchers worked with an artist to get laser scans of a web, then used virtual reality to create a harp-like instrument to ...