Among the most common spiders found in and around the home, the shy grass spider (aka a funnel-web spider) builds dense, silk-lined webs/burrows to trap its insect victims. They’re also super fast ...

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 ...

Imagine, if you will, you are a fly. Out for a stroll when lo! A strong, sticky substance has you ensnared: a spider’s web, built by the eight-legged giant on its way to kill you. You ready yourself ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...