Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

A newfound defensive tactic takes advantage of this idea: researchers documented spiders building giant spiderlike ...

The spider doppelgängers are made of prey carcasses, plant debris, and other organic materials. They have a central structure ...

Some see them as architectural marvels of nature, while others can hardly bear to look at them: Spider webs both fascinate and frighten. While they usually measure only a few inches in Central ...

Researchers have documented the strange antics of two tropical spider species that build giant, arachnid-shaped decoys out of silk, plant matter and prey remains in their webs. When you purchase ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. By Adeel Hassan Even in a pitch-black cave, what appears ...