Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

Forget the familiar cobweb in the corner of your room. Scientists recently discovered a massive, colonial web that has ...

The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided web under tension, which it releases the moment prey flies into the web. Jessica Garb and colleagues sequenced the genome ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...

Whether you are a fan of spiders or terrified of them, you can’t help but admire their ability to make webs. These fascinating and unique structures are incredible feats of engineering that combine ...

Though most people aren't the biggest fan of spiders, their silk is a biological marvel, and the silk of this species has ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - In comics and the movies, they're strong enough to swing a grown man from building to building... In the science world, spider webs are the ultimate 'what if?' To Hannes Schniepp, ...

If you're an avid hiker, you may have heard the term "web-walking" before, and unfortunately it has nothing to do with Spider ...

Did you know crickets can spin silk webs? Not all crickets, but the raspy cricket spins silk to create a cozy burrow.

Deep underground in a dark, sulfuric cave on the border between Albania and Greece, scientists have made an incredible ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile ...