Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room ...

LOUISIANA (KLFY) — People across Acadiana have been asking about the large spider webs that appear to be falling from the sky. So, we turned to LSU Ag Center’s Dr. Stephen Baca for answers to the ...

Have you ever entered a seldom-used room, only to be met by an unexpected web clinging to your face? Or perhaps during an early morning walk, you’ve paused to admire the delicate artistry of a web, ...

How small is "small?" Spider silk nanofibrils are just a few molecular layers thick, equivalent to approximately one ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair. They're invisible to the naked eye and ...

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 ...

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

MEDFORD, Mass. (WKRC) - Researchers claim to have developed a sticky fibrous substance that can rapidly solidify to pull objects, similar to Spider-Man's iconic webslingers. Scientists from Tufts ...

Researchers have finally figured out how slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) are so accurate when they fire their webs at prey. Everything from the timing to the angle at which they fire their ...

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