Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials. They have a central structure ...

A newfound defensive tactic takes advantage of this idea: researchers documented spiders building giant spiderlike ...

In a dank cave below the Albanian-Greek border, scientists have uncovered a spider web that’s technically big enough to catch a whale. Stretching 106 square meters (1,140 square feet), the spindly ...

At night in the forests of East Asia, fireflies glow to attract mates. But sometimes their signals are hijacked. Sheet web spiders have been caught turning these insects into unwilling accomplices, ...

Scientists have officially brought genetic engineering to the spider's web. For the first time, researchers have created a gene-edited spider that spins red fluorescent silk. Led by a team at the ...

Discover why only female Darwin's bark spiders produce the strongest silk, surpassing steel in toughness and strength.

In a narrow passage deep inside an underground cavern between Albania and Greece, scientists pushed through waist-deep black water and clung to ropes to make a startling discovery. In the beams of ...

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