Not all silk is used for making webs, some spiders use it as a drag line. Others create parachutes for travel over larger distances. There are seven broad categories of web and they are not all used ...

Some spiders hunt and kill snakes up to 30 times their size. A study revealed 319 cases of such incidents involving over 40 ...

Not all silk is used for making webs, some spiders use it as a drag line. Others create parachutes for travel over larger distances. There are seven broad categories of web and they are not all ...

Largest Spider Web Discovered in Madagascar in 2010, over 80 feet long, suspended across a river, spun by Caerostris Darwini. Darwin’s Bark Spider Unique spider species in Madagascar, discovered in ...

Kids these days wear clothes made from silk – spider silk – from head to toe. They can’t imagine wearing garments that scuff and fray, that are heavy, ugly and vulnerable to dirt and acid, ...

One of the popular reasons for this difference is that in nature female spiders are the web spinners, not the males, hence Peter or Miles not gaining the ability. Assuming Silk gets her powers in ...

From their astonishing silk-making abilities to their surprising intelligence, spiders are full of fascinating surprises. If you’ve ever dismissed them as creepy crawlies, you might just change your ...

Resisting the urge to obliterate spiderwebs is crucial, but it's not the only way to give hummingbirds more access to spiders and their silk. It's also important to avoid broad-spectrum pesticides, ...

Oh what a tangled web we weave when the multiverse becomes part of Spider-Man canon. The Spider-Man film franchise started simply enough, with 2002’s “Spider-Man.” Fast forward 20 years and ...

What do yellow sac spiders eat? This spider is an insectivore that preys on other spiders and non-insect arthropods like cotton plant bugs ... they may drop a silk line to flee.

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

Funnel web spiders build their homes in burrows or crevices lined with silk, often featuring irregular silk trip lines radiating from the entrance. They are sometimes confused with mouse spiders ...