Some types of silk are used for web building, but others are made for egg cases or wrapping up prey. The golden orb-weaver is a pretty spider, but maybe not one you want inside your house!

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice ...

A growing body of research suggests that animals—from frogs to crows—can perform primitive math through a system called the ...

Its the first bear population study conducted in the Lower Atchafalaya river basin – home to one of the state’s oldest and ...

In Britain, the list of spiders that could potentially cause health issues include the false widow, the tube web, woodlouse spider, cardinal spider, the walnut orb-weaver spider, wasp spider ...

Golden Silk Orb-Weavers. Image via Unsplash The Golden Silk Orb-Weavers, known for their impressive webs, shine quite literally with a golden hue. These spiders, mostly found in warmer regions ...

The cephalothorax combines the head and thorax into one body segment. Compared to the cephalothorax, the abdomen is usually the larger part of a spider’s body. The abdomen contains much of a spider’s ...

The hackled orb weaver, native to the western United States, is a spider so small and delicate it can perch atop your finger. Yet, despite its tiny body, the spider constructs webs of remarkable ...

Spiny Orb-weaver Spider. Image by HotHibiscus via Depositphotos. Native to Sri Lanka, the Peacock Parachute Spider is famed for its bold pattern that mirrors the alluring display of a peacock. This ...

While you might think that we've learned all we need to from feeding spiders illegal drugs, people working at NASA in the ...