The world's largest spider web has been found in an underwater cave on the Greece-Albania border, according to a recent ...

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile ...

Some spiders don’t just spin webs — they listen through them. Researchers found that orb-weavers can sense vibrations on ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

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Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...

May 17—May is a month filled with nature happenings. The temperatures are warming, though frost still may be with us. May can be a dry month, but typically we get showers. It is the beginning of our ...

In late summer and fall, these small orange arachnids will stretch their circular webs across trees and porches in your yard ...

Many spider species build spiral wheel-shaped webs – orb webs – to capture prey, and some incorporate so-called “stabilimenta ...