The world's largest spider web has been found in an underwater cave on the Greece-Albania border, according to a recent ...

This finding is the first documented case of colonial behavior between two solitary species of spider ...

After a spider finishes weaving its web, it sometimes adds one last touch. A bright zigzag down the middle, like a silken “X.

Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs.

You have probably admired more than once the almost perfect beauty of spider webs. Do you know why they have a circular structure? There are several reasons for this. Today, scientists recognize about ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...