High above the rivers of Madagascar, a small arachnid is quietly rewriting what I thought was possible in nature. The ...
A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds ...
Discover why only female Darwin's bark spiders produce the strongest silk, surpassing steel in toughness and strength.
The Darwin’s bark spider silk has a tensile strength of around 1.6 gigapascals, several times stronger than structural iron, ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Filmed in Madagascar by Matjaz Gregoric, this video shows a Darwin's bark spider subduing a dragonfly on her web. Females of this newly named ...
Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...