Spiders such as this Argiope bruennichi sometimes adorn webs with zigzagging stabilimenta. Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only ...

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only creatures who decorate their abodes. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven ...

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room ...

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids to pinpoint the location of their captured prey, suggests a study. Get any of our free email newsletters — news headlines, sports, arts & entertainment, ...

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids to pinpoint the location of their captured prey, suggests a study. The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged ...

Have you ever entered a seldom-used room, only to be met by an unexpected web clinging to your face? Or perhaps during an early morning walk, you’ve paused to admire the delicate artistry of a web, ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. By Adeel Hassan Even in a pitch-black cave, what appears ...

What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider’s web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...