Learn how to get spider web nails just in time for Halloween. Halloween is only a few short weeks away, and if you are still wondering how to get into the spirit, nail art is a great way. While ...

The web is stretchy, which allows the spider to amplify its own power by using what the scientists call "elastic recoil." Study co-author Daniel Maksuta, a physicist at the University of Akron ...

Researchers theorise funnel-weaving spiders could be using their webs to soundproof themselves against manmade noise, which tends to overlap with the frequency range the spiders use for communication.

Insect experts do confirm they are spider web clumps, woven in a balloon shape. They say this phenomenon happens during this time of the year across the country -- something they called "ballooning." ...

That flashy female was in fact another male firefly, himself trapped in the web, and the spider may have manipulated his light beacon to lure you in. This high-stakes drama plays out nightly in ...

There are more than 47,000 species of spiders, and all spin silk webs to provide housing and catch food. Scientists say the silk from a spiderweb is five times stronger than steel.

Randy Lewis, a spider silk biologist at Utah State University in Logan, cautions against ruling out antibacterial features in all spider silks, though. Underground webs of tarantulas (SN: 5/23/11 ...

Spiders spin silken webs to capture flies and other tiny prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of DNA from the surrounding environment, a hidden resource that Australian scientists said could be ...

A NASA article from 1995 shows just how toxic caffeine is to the brain. Researchers exposed spiders to a range of different chemicals — including caffeine, marijuana, and Benzedrine — and ...

BOSTON — Tasty insects, look out: In an attempt to catch prey, a speed-demon spider launches itself and its web with about 100 times the acceleration of a cheetah. That makes these tiny ...

It's the result of millions of spiders banding their webs into massive safety nets to escape the flooding, Dr. Ken Walker, senior curator of entomology at the Melbourne Museum, told The Guardian.