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Discover how spiders adapt their webs to urban noise pollution, shedding light on the impact of human activity on wildlife.

Walking into a spider web might make you panic, even if it’s only a few feet wide. Now imagine colliding into one over 80 feet long. That’s unlikely, but thanks to the Darwin’s bark spider ...

Thanks to Tufts researchers, there’s now a Spider-Man-style “web fluid” solution that shoots, solidifies and even picks up objects.

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using ...

Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its relatives, nicknaming it "Big Boy." In research released Monday ...

Scientists have finally figured out how slingshot spiders know exactly when to fire their webs toward their prey.

Unlike other catapulting spiders, for instance, the slingshot spiders don’t seem to rely on their prey actually touching the web to spring an attack.