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It’s well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system. But ...

Orb-weaving spiders in the genus Cyclosa assemble decoys from prey carcasses, plant debris, and egg sacs, positioning these ...

Unusual experiments with drug-influenced spiders revealed that caffeine distorted web-building more than any other substance, a finding later explored by NASA to measure toxicity. ‘Third rate actor ...

A new study published in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal suggests that spider webs—particularly those incorporating ...

Happy Halloween, Short Wavers! In today’s news round-up, we’ve got only treats. Hosts Regina Barber and Emily Kwong fill in NPR’s Ailsa... This week in science: spiders, TV pixels and storytelling ...

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 ...