Movies have always played up the mad scientist trope, but real-life labs have carried out experiments that make fiction look ...

Look no further than Shelbyville, Kentucky – a town where retirees aren’t just surviving on Social Security; they’re thriving with enough left over for the occasional splurge on fancy coffee and ...

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square ...

Silk decorations in spider webs aren’t just for show. They may help spiders “hear” their prey through vibrations.

Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs. The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided ...

In a dank cave below the Albanian-Greek border, scientists have uncovered a spider web that’s technically big enough to catch ...

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 ...

Some people find them spine-chilling, while others see them as natural works of art. In this country, spider webs typically ...