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 ...

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

Spider webs are active, maintained structures built by spiders for hunting, shelter, or laying eggs, showcasing remarkable silk. Cobwebs, conversely, are abandoned, dusty, and neglected remnants of ...

Researchers say well over 100,000 spiders from two different species coexist in this remarkable underground metropolis for ...

Spiders ingeniously consume their old webs to recycle vital proteins and nutrients, a process crucial for energy conservation ...

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.

What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in ...

Urban noise such as from traffic, aeroplanes and construction is forcing some spiders to weave “soundproof webbing” that transmits vibrations differently, a new study reveals. While previous studies ...

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

Travis McEnery is a Nova Scotia machinist who makes educational videos about spiders, aided by expert advice from Catherine Scott, an arachnologist at McGill University. Darren Calabrese and Greg ...

This is the first evidence of colonial behaviour in two common spider species and probably represents the largest spider web ...