The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...
There are more than 50,000 species of spiders in the world, of all different sizes. They live in a wide range of habitats and ...
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Do spiders run out of web silk?

People often imagine spiders spinning endless webs without ever running out of silk, but their bodies don’t work like a […] ...
Australian Reptile Park spider expert Rob Porter milks a male Sydney funnel-web spider to create antivenom in 2001. Sydney Morning Herald Picture by Andrew Taylor, Fairfax Media via Getty Images It’s ...
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 ...