That intricate web glistening with morning dew in your garden isn’t just nature’s artwork – it’s part of a fascinating ...

(Learn why scientists say spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth.) “Four or five months later, this guy calls me and says he's found a bird sitting on a web,” Davis recalls.

"Crab-spiders (Thomisus onustus) positioned for hunting on flowers disguise themselves by assuming the same colour as the flower, a strategy that is assumed to fool both bird predators and insect ...

They are active predators, generally hunting small vertebrates like lizards, frogs and mice. Dunlop said that generally, tarantulas do not eat birds—as seen in the video—but it is not unheard of.

From snake-stomping birds to spider-eating spiders, the predators have creative ways to find a meal. Secretary birds, like this one in Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, stalk their prey on the ...

After visiting the “spider farm” on Lancaster Pike outside Philadelphia, ... fearsome “Emile Zola,” was a specimen of the famed “bird-hunting spiders of Surinam.” ...