Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has led to a surge in environmental noise. The sounds of traffic, airplanes, ...

In the paddy fields and around the ponds of central China, a common species of orb-weaving spider builds new webs every ...

An American and a Japanese were among people who helped identify the mystery spider sac photographed by a Singaporean. Read ...

Spider webs combine complex principles of physics and chemistry to create one of the world's most remarkable substances. We explain how.

“When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use their hind legs to grab the fiber and pull it out. That stretches ...

A groundbreaking study by University of Nebraska–Lincoln biologists has revealed that funnel-weaving spiders, also known as ...

Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of protein. Not only does spider silk combine the useful properties of high tensile strength and extensibility, it can be beautiful in its own ...

Many species of spiders make a new web every day, including the orb-weaving spider Uloborus diversus. They therefore produce nearly 200 webs over their lifetime. The protein used to make the silk ...

More likely than not, the critter weaving a web on your ceiling is the former, but there’s nothing wrong with knowing the difference for your own peace of mind. Although they are rare ...

How does a spider recycle its silk? To meet the high metabolic demands of daily silk production, at least some spiders have developed a way to reuse their silk. Certain orb web-weaving spiders recycle ...