Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room ...

Peter Parker showcases his genius by pushing his webbing to its limit. Spider-Man's ultimate web attack is an impressive ...

It's not easy to look at a sea spider and see an animal so representative of its kind that it may help scientists sort out ...

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 ...

Walking into a spider web might make you panic, even if it’s only a few feet wide. Now imagine colliding into one over 80 feet long. That’s unlikely, but thanks to the Darwin’s bark spider ...

If you ask a child to draw a spider’s web, this is what you will get! Orb webs have the classic circular net appearance and are visible in gardens on dewy mornings. Several types of spiders use ...

Larger, more venomous version of one of world's deadliest spiders discovered Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous ...

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.

A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone, and triggers web release response. Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. Ray spiders deploy an unusual strategy to ...

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 ...

“The spider manipulates the flashing signals of male fireflies ensnared in its web to mimic the typical flashes of a female firefly, thereby luring other males searching for mates,” said study ...