The results of the new study, published last month in the journal Subterranean Biology, spread rapidly online due to the ...

Why do spider webs have zigzag designs? New research reveals how they act like vibration alarms to help the spider sense its ...

Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs. The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited in a new study which suggests that their wave-propagation effects could help ...

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only creatures who decorate their abodes. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven ...

Researchers have discovered what could be the largest spider web ever, found in a cave straddling the Greek-Albanian border, a paper published in October revealed. After years of studies, the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In a sulfur-rich cave on the Greek-Albanian border, researchers have found a web measuring over 106 square meters with more than 111,000 spiders. Senate to vote Friday on pathway to end shutdown ...

Researchers have discovered what could be the world’s largest known spider’s web, an arachnid “megacity” teeming with tens of thousands of the creatures in a cave on the Albania-Greece border. The ...

Fake spiderwebs stretched across trees and hedges as part of outdoor Halloween decor can cause a real fright and even injury to songbirds and small mammals, Long Island wildlife experts said. The ...