Spiders have been around for a long time, which suggests they have found a way to cope with their webs being destroyed, ...

The tiny ray spider uses its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice with comic book characters, this ability is unusual in spiders. So I'm thinking we've all seen a spider ...

In the run-up to October 31, people may wish to embrace everything creepy and spooky to get into the Halloween mood. However, ...

A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone, and triggers web release response. Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. Ray spiders deploy an unusual strategy to ...

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