The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged hunters to find their next meal.

On a sunny day in late September, Arty Schronce glanced out the screen door of his Atlanta, Georgia, home and noticed something unusual: a female cardinal perched on a spiderweb. At first, Schronce ...

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Deep inside a pitch-black chamber on the Albanian–Greek border, scientists have stumbled upon something straight out of a nightmare: the world’s biggest spider web. “This is one of the first examples ...

Although they're frequently called insects, spiders belong to a closely related class called arachnids. Spiders are helpful to people because they feed on harmful insects. Spiders aren't aggressive or ...