The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged hunters to find their next meal.

Spider silk occupies a distinct place in natural materials science for its combination of mechanical strength, toughness and ...

Some spiders build delicate little nets, others colossal web megacities, and now some in Peru and the Philippines have been ...

The arachnophobes have come to a decision: jumping spiders can stay. The other spiders must leave, but jumping spiders are ...

The diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only spider species known to live almost entirely underwater. This is ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy for the spiders' tiny muscles to support.

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

This is a barn owl, the scarcer of our two breeding owl species. It is a nocturnal species that breeds indoors in old farm ...

Tropical orb-weaving spiders craft giant spider-like puppets in their webs. Scientists say the decoys may deter predators, ...

Upon completion of its development, the new wasp will chew a hole in the cell wall and emerge. Some dauber species will not ...

When a spider stops moving, it often finds itself tucked behind a sofa or caught in a room's corner. The legs are pulled in ...

The venom from the dauber’s sting acts as a preservative, keeping the prey in proper condition as a food source for the larvae. An egg is laid in each cell, stocked with several prey individuals. When ...