Spiders are famous aesthetes. Many craft radially symmetric webs, first extruding long silken spokes and then spinning ...

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

You have probably admired more than once the almost perfect beauty of spider webs. Do you know why they have a circular structure? There are several reasons for this. Today, scientists recognize about ...

Made from a silk that’s distinct from the ordinary web scaffolding surrounding them, stabilimenta reflect ultraviolet light, leading some scientists to suggest their function is primarily ...

How do spiders go about this delicate dance, what senses do they use to capture their prey? Some spiders are ground dwelling while others build complicated and beautiful webs. Dr. Charles Walcott ...

One scenario is that the spider stands in one place (say, on a limb) and begins releasing a strand of the web material from ...

Scientists have figured out the mechanisms that enable massive Joro spiders to spin their impressively strong webs, which are capable of snagging creatures as big as birds. The researchers believe ...