Scientists have uncovered a 400-million-year-old genetic secret that gave spiders the ability to produce silk and weave their webs. Spiders didn't begin their journey on Earth in the same way as they ...

There are many ways that animals take care of their babies, each unique to the needs of the species. One example is the female wolf spider, which carries her egg sac attached to her spinnerets, ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

Nestled in the Hurley Gallery at the Lewis Arts Complex is a monochromatic world of spider webs and historical metaphors — a beautifully haunting archive of political warfare. This exhibition, ...

Why are scientists impressed by the 'superpowers' of this real-life web-slinger? And what high-tech secrets could it help us discover next?

With fallen foliage, the woods are now quite open, and we see much that was not seen in the green-leaf days of summer and may be buried under the coming snow. "Travel threads" as seen in a field on an ...