Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

Q. My wife and I watch grackles each morning when they come to the mealworms in a small flock like a motorcycle gang of thugs ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a nighttime hike in search of spiders, with Lisa Gonzalez of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.

To a house spider we appear as a potential predator. Yet, despite having more eyes than us, most spiders don’t actually see much detail. Their world is sensed mainly by vibration, air currents, touch ...

A critically endangered spider not seen in the UK for 40 years has been rediscovered. Aulonia albimana, which was last ...