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

Researchers at Grand Valley State University discovered spider webs effectively collect DNA from pests like hemlock woolly ...

News; Spider's web is one of nature's wonders, from deadly trap to violin strings, surgeon's thread. Published: ; Nov. 14, 2015, 12:05 p.m.

The web is stretchy, which allows the spider to amplify its own power by using what the scientists call "elastic recoil." Study co-author Daniel Maksuta, a physicist at the University of Akron ...

British spider webs can be categorised into seven broad types: orb, sheet, tangle, funnel, lace, radial and purse. Orb webs. These are the classic, two-dimensional webs that look like bicycle wheels ...

There are more than 47,000 species of spiders, and all spin silk webs to provide housing and catch food. Scientists say the silk from a spiderweb is five times stronger than steel.

When insects land in tensed areas of the webs of the orb spider Cyclosa octotuberculata, a 2010 study found, the spider is more likely to notice and capture them.

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Boston-based artist Stephen Hamilton explores Black craft, labor, and ancestral traditions in his installation “Under the ...

Drugged spiders’ web spinning may hold keys to understanding animal behavior January 11, 2010. John Barrat. A normal web of the orb weaving spider A. bifurca. “Spinning under the influence” is one way ...

Spider webs are made of silk, produced from spinnerets at the end of a spider's abdomen. Most spiders have three pairs of spinnerets, which are supplied by silk glands within the abdomen.