What scientists are learning from the strangest spider webs on Earth

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...
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How Orb Weaver Spiders Outsmart Predators with Web Decoys

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 ...
Popular Science

Watch a slingshot spider deploy a perfectly-timed trap

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don’t just passively ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Australian Zoo Asks Residents to Capture the World’s Most Venomous Spider: the Deadly Sydney Funnel-Web

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 ...
The New York Times

Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before

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 ...
The Conversation

Spiderweb silks and architectures reveal millions of years of evolutionary ingenuity

Ella Kellner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...