A spider web is much more than meets the eye. These intricate structures, created entirely from silk, allow spiders to capture prey, build shelter and even communicate. Spider webs are shockingly ...

Deep beneath the border of Albania and Greece, scientists have uncovered a natural marvel: the world’s largest spider web, ...

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 special ...

Right now, as you read this, more than 110,000 arachnids are crawling around the world’s largest spiderweb. The ...

Learn more about how scientists uncovered an unlikely community of arachnids in Europe’s Sulfur Cave and why these spiders ...

Scientists have studied what they believe is the world's biggest spider's web and found two species of spider are living side by side.

We recently reported on a new discovery about those zigzags you see in spider webs. Silken decorations like these are known ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. August is spider season. The orb-weaver spiders in my yard spend winter tucked away in ...