Real spider webs can attract hummingbirds, but could your fake Halloween webs be harming them? Unfortunately, the answer is yes. Birds, bats, and other animals can all become tangled in these webs.

Comics and science have officially collided in the real world, as Marco Lo Presti from Tufts University’s Silklab has ...

Spider-Man is one of the most important superheroes to ever exist. He was an instant success when he debuted and revolutionized the genre with his focus on relatable characters and problems. More than ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature “extra touches” known as stabilimenta has been revisited in a new study which suggests that their wave-propagation effects could help ...