A small spider with pale body and legs and silver-grey markings on the abdomen. It is usually found around the outside of houses and gardens, and is particularly common around windows. Because of ...

Dominating this picture, a giant orb-weaving spider, (Mongolarachne jurassica) having spun a web amongst the Ginko baiera twigs, has just caught a giant cicada (Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis).

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

Dusty spider webs are associated with Halloween and creepy houses, but many are beautiful or architecturally accomplished. Did you know that you can tell what kind of spider is lurking by the threads ...

Prey stick to orb-weaver spider webs because their waxy outer layers mesh with spider silk to form a matrix glue. A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be ...

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