Researchers say well over 100,000 spiders from two different species coexist in this remarkable underground metropolis for ...

Silk decorations in spider webs aren’t just for show. They may help spiders “hear” their prey through vibrations.

If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for a powerful listening device. By Jordan Pearson Engineers and scientists have ...

Researchers have discovered what could be the world’s largest known spider’s web, an arachnid “megacity” teeming with tens of thousands of the creatures in a cave on the Albania-Greece border.The ...

Spelunkers found a giant spider 'super-city' in a cave on the border of Greece and Albania. The massive webbed structure, in ...

A team of scientists has found an “extraordinary” yet skin-crawling colony of more than 110,000 spiders. A dozen researchers, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don’t just passively ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Researchers took the imaginary scenes from Spider-Man seriously and created the first web-slinging technology in which a fluid material can shoot from a needle, immediately solidify as a string, and ...