Find out how web-spinning spiders do what they do and learn about the impressive, multipurpose material they use to catch their dinner. Spiders make their webs from silk, a natural fibre made of ...

To narrow their investigation, they focused on the major silk type, which makes up the radial threads of the web. Using mass spectrometry, the team identified 18 proteins in the major silk fibers, ...

On closer inspection a quadrant is always missing, which gives rise to its common name of the missing sector orb web spider. This spider feeds on almost any flying insect captured within its web. As ...