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

Did you know crickets can spin silk webs? Not all crickets, but the raspy cricket spins silk to create a cozy burrow.

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

Instead, experts are encouraging Halloween decorators to avoid plastic and use decorations made of straw, twigs, sticks and ...

< New additions to the spider laboratory: the tiny spiderlings of the Australian golden orb-weaver spi ... Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH. The Spider Silk Laboratory at MHH is seeing a decline in spider ...

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While most people think of spiders spinning webs to catch prey, the Scytodes makes use of a different tactic to paralyze ...

The extraordinary anti-predator strategy of two tiny, orb-weaving spider species has been uncovered by scientists from The ...

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There’s been carnage in the suburbs, as Australians once again embrace a tradition of hanging plastic spider webs to celebrate Halloween. In Sydney, witnesses say a distressed kookaburra “gave up” on ...