Spiders’ webs come in all shapes and sizes, from funnel webs to sheet webs and the classic orb web – the sort you imagine for ...

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

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

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's ...

Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old ...

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

The team that found the tiny orange-legged arachnid have informally named the species the white-knuckled wolf spider.

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

Never–before–seen details of the eerie Red Spider Nebula have been revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) ahead of ...

Spiders are getting in the spooky season spirit across San Diego, setting up sticky webs to ensnare sidewalk passersby right before Halloween. The big picture: But the arachnids don't actually care ...