"Spider webs are not just beautiful, they could be our secret weapon to better understanding nature. Our study shows that these webs can help us keep tabs on different animals without disturbing ...

Giant filaments crisscross the universe, connecting galaxy clusters like superhighways between cities. Their shape and ...

Scientists discovered that these spiders aren't just relying on sight. They're actually listening for their prey.

Armed with a net and trident, fisherman gladiators were a staple of Rome's gladiatorial games. Their best chance of survival ...

The tiny ray spider uses launches its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice in the superhero world, ...

‘Most spiders have poor eyesight and rely almost exclusively on the vibration of the silk in their web for sensory information,’ said Beth Mortimer of the Oxford Silk Group who led the ...

In the rare instance where an insect's name truly epitomizes its nature ... rendering their webs a unique, albeit unruly, ...

they are right to point out that the theory of natural selection makes few if any specific predictions about how nature will turn out. Certainly, it cannot predict that spiders make webs (as ...

A collaborator asked him to analyze a toxin found in the venom of Australia’s deadly funnel-web spider. The work led to clues about the toxin’s function, a paper in Nature Structural and ...

Season: all year round. Usually found outdoors on walls, fencing and clutter around the garden, but most common in homes in autumn when males leave their webs to search for female spiders. Also common ...