For many people, the sight — or even the thought — of a spider in a spider web gives them the chills. Even without full-on arachnophobia, the prospect of bumping into a spider web in your yard or ...

Newly discovered, the ballista spider rests underneath a leaf during the day. Scientists have witnessed the spider build a ...

A yellow garden spider turns a live cricket into a silk-wrapped bundle in the time it takes to blink, and what happens next ...

The Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare that is set off by ants of one species only. The power is in the ...

What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider’s web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

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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 ...

A newly discovered spider uses an ingenious method to launch its prey into the air, named after an ancient Roman weapon. The ballista spider was discovered in the rainforests of Far North Queensland.