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

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

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 ...

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

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.