It's a quiet autumn evening. You're enjoying some TV, when an unscripted movement catches your eye. A large house spider ...

The tiny ray spider uses its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice with comic book characters, this ability is unusual in spiders. So I'm thinking we've all seen a spider ...

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 ...

Sept. 4 -- — Scientists are finally closing in on the answers to a puzzle that has perplexed them for centuries: How does a spider spin a web of silk that is five times stronger, on a ...

The Black Widow spider is not to be messed with. This highly venomous spider is feared by many—but, as this identification guide proves, if you're sensible, you can avoid getting bitten by one of ...

If you’ve spotted eight-legged pests and don’t want to kill them, here’s how you can humanely evict them out of your home.