Spring is the time when many spiders emerge from their winter hiding places and start doing what they do best: spinning webs. This is when you may spot the classic cobwebs in your yard or garden.

Some spiders don’t just spin webs — they listen through them. Researchers found that orb-weavers can sense vibrations on ...

The behavior, which had never been observed before, stunned scientists as, typically, the larger house spider would prey on ...

In the tropical forests of Peru and the Philippines, scientists found examples of spiders that made large decoys of ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music -- creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the ...