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India’s urban centres are notorious for their noise pollution; the new study raises questions about what its findings mean for spiders living in such places Updated - April 29, 2025 04:11 pm IST ...

When they played loud noise to the city spiders, they found that their webs were less sensitive, transmitting fewer vibrations to the funnel. “Their webs were essentially quieter,” Dr. Pessman ...

The scientists who re-created Spider-Man’s web fluid explain their feat Thanks to Tufts researchers, there’s now a solution that shoots, solidifies and even picks up objects. Alas, you can’t ...

Hemsworth, a colossal funnel-web spider recently donated to the Australian Reptile Park, could make significant contributions to the park's life-saving venom-milking program, keepers say.

Scientists have had this hunch for a while, though. In fact, we’ve seen these spiders react and release their webs in response to people snapping their fingers close by.

Unlike other catapulting spiders, for instance, the slingshot spiders don’t seem to rely on their prey actually touching the web to spring an attack. So researchers Sarah Han and Todd Blackledge ...

Intrigued as to why, the researchers monitored 161 webs, and compared the flashing patterns of free male and female fireflies, as well as webbed ones, and whether or not a spider was present.

They weave their webs to catch prey and attract mates. But while humans can generally spot an insect trapped in a web, spiders—which have extremely poor eyesight—can't.

The ‘Euphoria’ star played into her new movie’s theme as she rocked a beautiful dress with a spider web-inspired design at the film’s world premiere.

The eye-popping ensemble featured a transparent black gown and matching veiled hood, both covered in a web-shaped pattern that dripped with glittering crystals.

Spider webs, it turns out, trap more than unwitting bugs. The sticky surfaces also contain a bounty of genetic materials from dozens of animal species — making them a powerful tool for measuring ...