Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

An empty spider web likely means that a spider has passed on, but most times a spider takes down their own web! Read here to ...

The most surprising thing about a spider colony discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border — housing tens of thousands ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Two spider species have developed a remarkable defense mechanism by crafting decoys resembling larger spiders.

If you're an avid hiker, you may have heard the term "web-walking" before, and unfortunately it has nothing to do with Spider ...

Spider may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many, but the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might ...

If you're scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn't help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake cobwebs and horror movies depict giant spiders hunting humans or creeping around ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy for the spiders' tiny muscles to support. No Jamaican infrastructure can ...