Spider webs are active, maintained structures built by spiders for hunting, shelter, or laying eggs, showcasing remarkable silk. Cobwebs, conversely, are abandoned, dusty, and neglected remnants of ...

Spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth. Actually a protein created by special organs known as spinnerets, spider silk can be used for transportation, shelter, courtship, and all ...

Funnel web spiders are a group of spiders that belong to the Dipluridae family in the order Araneida. They get this name from the shape of the web that they weave. Since there are several varieties of ...

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 ...

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 ...