You have probably admired more than once the almost perfect beauty of spider webs. Do you know why they have a circular structure? There are several reasons for this. Today, scientists recognize about ...

A subgroup of air-breathing, terrestrial (land) arthropods, spiders are not actually insects but rather belong to the Class ...

Imagine a tasty bug landing on the web of a hungry spider. How does the spider detect its prey? Spiders don't have ears like we do, and many have poor eyesight. But they can sense vibrations, like ...

How do spiders go about this delicate dance, what senses do they use to capture their prey? Some spiders are ground dwelling while others build complicated and beautiful webs. Dr. Charles Walcott ...

Scientists have figured out the mechanisms that enable massive Joro spiders to spin their impressively strong webs, which are capable of snagging creatures as big as birds. The researchers believe ...

Looking around your home, you’ve surely seen a spiderweb or two in places like the ceiling, the attic, or in the basement. Many different kinds of spiders live in homes and buildings, the majority of ...

Two views of the slingshot spider; the the right image shows the web’s cone shape with a spider at the tip. © Reproduced with permission of The Company of ...