This ecological balancing act is essential for sustaining healthy ecosystems. Araneus diadematus spider sits on a spider’s web. Image via Depositphotos. Spider silk has captivated scientists and ...

A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb-weaving spider, Araneus ventricosus. Researchers believe that these spiders may manipulate the bioluminescent signals that fireflies use to find mates.

Dan-Dan Zhang received funding from Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet I Lund on spider research. Gabriele Uhl received funding for exploring the chemical sense of spiders from the German Science ...

Through anchored phylogenomic analyses, this important study offers fresh insights into the evolutionary history of the plant diet and geographic distribution of Belidae weevil beetles. Employing ...

The marbled orb-weaver (Araneus marmoreus), sometimes referred to as the pumpkin spider, is the most common orange spider. The female is easily identifiable by its bulbous abdomen, which is bright ...

Not content to rely on pure happenstance, the spider, Araneus ventricosus, has found a way to hack the firefly’s bioluminescent signals to lure more fireflies to its web, new research has found.

Researchers had suspected that the orb-weaving spider Araneus ventricosus might use trapped male fireflies’ light for their own gain. To test this, Xinhua Fu at Huazhong Agricultural University ...

Once orb-weaver spiders ensnare male fireflies in their webs, they turn the doomed insects into bait, using their telltale flashing to lure in more meals. In a stretch of farmland in Hubei ...

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Araneus cingulatus, or the red-spotted orb weaver, belongs to the orb-weaver family Araneidae. You can find this spider in Pennsylvania as well as throughout parts of the central and eastern United ...

The seven-time Emmy winner of The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Lou Grant voiced the sci-fi movie character General Araneus in the episode “Spins a Web.” The longtime Jeopardy! host voiced an ...

Located in Russia, Lake Baikal is a clear and mesmerizing freshwater lake known by natives as the ‘Blue Eye of Siberia’. It is also the largest lake in Russia, containing 5,670 cubic miles of water.