Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

Right now, as you read this, more than 110,000 arachnids are crawling around the world’s largest spiderweb. The ‘extraordinary’ but skin-crawling discovery was made inside a pitch-black cave on the ...

"I just want them gone." Expert issues warning as severe spider infestation plagues US region: 'They're invading us' first ...

Researchers from the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania in Romania visited the cave two years later to analyse the some 69,000 T. domestica and 42,000 P. vagans lurking inside. What took ...

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.

An empty spider web likely means that a spider has passed on, but most times a spider takes down their own web! Read here to ...

A silver Argiope spider in a spiderweb with stabilimenta. Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons When imagining a spider web, chances are most people envision a typical spiral, wheel-shaped ...

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

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. One of nature’s most beautiful natural wonders, spider webs ...

The results of the new study, published last month in the journal Subterranean Biology, spread rapidly online due to the striking images of the giant 1,140-square-foot spider web, a carpet-thick ...

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A fire destroyed a Peachtree City home Monday morning. The family and pets were able to escape after hearing glass breaking. The cause of the fire is under investigation. PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - ...