An extreme close-up of the Australian rufous net-casting spider's unique silk, captured by biologist Martín Ramírez and his ...

The competition celebrates incredible images that shed new light on hidden scientific phenomena around us. The post Super ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...

According to museum scientist and naturalist at the Sibley Nature Center, Michael Nickell, all the spider silk West Texans have seen the past couple of days is indeed coming from spiders, just not ...

Close-up of Hyptiotes cavatus spider holding triangle web support line with front legs keeping web open, while using back legs to secure anchor line. When back legs release anchor line, spider and web ...

It’s spider season, and for some, it’s a daunting experience to get rid of spiders when they find their way inside your home. Although you can take precautions to stop them from entering by spraying ...

If you have never seen what happens in parts of Australia during spider season, it might shock you. Inside History shared some photos of fields that look like they're dusted with snow...but it isn't ...

LAFAYETTE, KATC — If you've noticed an increase in webs appearing around your neighborhood, there's no need to call Spider-Man. What you're seeing is a natural phenomenon known as "ballooning," which ...