The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

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

Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy ...

While spiders are often seen as pretty creepy, pirate spiders are downright devious, using clever tricks to feed their cannibalistic tendencies.

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited in a new study which ...

It’s a quiet autumn evening. You’re enjoying some TV, when an unscripted movement catches your eye. A large house spider ( ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Bad news everyone: spiders are smart. Scary smart. A recent study found that spiders intentionally capture specific bugs in their webs to attract other creatures, including ...

In the dunes between Monterey and Mexico’s Baja California, Jochim and her coauthors discovered a new species of spider that ...

Spiders that hunt in packs use web vibrations to coordinate their attacks, allowing them to kill prey hundreds of times larger than they could on their own. Of the 50,000 known spider species, just ...