It usually takes around an hour for a spider to weave a web but this varies by species and by the type of web. If we take the classic orb web that we are all familiar with, there is usually a set ...

An American and a Japanese were among people who helped identify the mystery spider sac photographed by a Singaporean. Read ...

From the innocent daddy longlegs to the harmful brown recluse, here are the most common house spiders, how to identify them, ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

As part of its ongoing conservation efforts London Zoo regularly runs a one-day course to help people with arachnophobia.

Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

Around the world, there are many animals, large and small, who build their own homes. Using a remarkable amount of creativity ...