The film discusses the characteristics and behaviors of spiders, highlighting their importance in controlling harmful insect populations. It explains the anatomy of spiders, including their two ...

The results provide evidence for the hypothesis that spiders crouch to sense differences in web frequencies to locate prey ...

Georgia is home to several spider species, and some are venomous. What do they look like? How dangerous are they? What to do ...

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

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...

Understanding how the stretching process strengthens spider silk is a key part of helping design stronger, biodegradable, silk-inspired materials for various applications. When spiders spin their webs ...

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

Jerry Hollis took this photo in the mountains above the Valley of what appears to be a common crab spider (Xysticus cristatus ...