These arachnids are famed for their orb-shaped, Velcro-like silk webs rather than gluey traps. The study also identified links to possible relatives in the Nicodamidae and Austrochilidae families ...

Spider silk production This golden orb-weaver spider has seven kinds of silk glands, and each one creates its own liquid protein (called spidroid). The proteins are solidified and combined in ...

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 ...

Surprisingly, this spider silk has been around for at least 350 million years, with some estimates suggesting spiders and their silk-producing ancestors originated as far back as 380–400 million ...

A research team has found that a common spider kills its prey with poison but does not inject it into them—instead, it covers them with a web of silk and then covers the silk with regurgitated ...

When the protein solution contacts air, it hardens and becomes silk threads. These silk threads are generally as thin as four micrometers. Spider webs, though thin, are extremely strong. Certain types ...

Among the winners of the inaugural Golden Panda Awards, "Jojo Rabbit" won the Best Film award. [Photo/Mtime] The winners of the inaugural Golden Panda Awards, which honor global film, TV, documentary ...

The Boy and the Heron, written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. [PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY] The semi-autobiographical fantasy film by Japanese animation maestro Hayao Miyazaki, titled The Boy and the ...

Now we cheer. It helps when the finished work, rather than looking like the childish scrawl we’re accustomed to, looks like fine art. The art is that of the Q Street and Golden State Avenue underpass ...

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, August 18, 2006--Government-run Web site Turkmenistan.ru reported Friday that weavers from the Ashgabat Wool-Manufacturing Company "Archag" are making a 8.4 square meter ...