Brown recluse spider webs are a pretty big indicator of some toxin-filled spiders roaming around in your home. You can take ...

A yellow garden spider turns a live cricket into a silk-wrapped bundle in the time it takes to blink, and what happens next ...

The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited in a new study which suggests that their wave-propagation effects could help ...

Anewly identified spider from the tropical rainforests of northern Australia has unveiled a hunting technique unlike any previously recorded. The species, dubbed the “ballista spider,” uses a ...

There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal sheet webs or tangled cobwebs that ensnare crawling insects. There’s also ...

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 ...

Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey's ...

Spitting spiders don't just bite their prey. They weaponize silk and venom into a physics-defying strike so fast that scientists needed high-speed cameras just to watch it happen.

It’s well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system. But ...