But before you enter "panic mode" and drum up visceral scenarios of the U.S.'s most venomous spider, aka brown recluse spider ...

There's a type of spider that can slowly stretch its web taut and then release it, causing the web to catapult forward and entangle unsuspecting prey in its strands.

MIT scientists study spider web structure by translating it into music We may one day be able to communicate with spiders in "language" of web vibrations.

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In China, the arachnids seem to somehow manipulate the flashing of a caught male firefly to resemble a female’s come-hither signal. Once this spider gets a firefly into its parlor, it seems to ...

Spider silk doesn’t rot quickly because bacteria can’t access its nitrogen, a nutrient needed for the microbes’ growth, scientists say.

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music – creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the arachnids spin their ...

If spiders use their webs like a large external eardrum, researchers reasoned, perhaps spider silk could be the basis for a powerful listening device.

Alfa Romeo needs a new Spider open-top sports car, and if more people ask for one, they might finally create it.

Spiders spin silken webs to capture flies and other tiny prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of DNA from the surrounding environment, a hidden resource that Australian scientists said could be ...

An accidental breakthrough allowed researchers to create real-life equivalents of Spider-Man's web shooters.