Will raindrops stick to a spider web's threads? Researchers find that a droplet hitting a thin fiber will be captured at low speeds, pass through at intermediate speeds, and split at high speeds.

Raindrops act like miniature mirrors in this close-up photo of a spider's web in Edmonds in morning light, magnifying reflections of the surrounding environment.

Spider webs are particularly impressive since they are not only lightweight, but are also strong and elastic. As such, they are able to withstand loads from things like predator impacts, gusts of wind ...

In China, the arachnids seem to somehow manipulate the flashing of a caught male firefly to resemble a female’s come-hither signal. Once this spider gets a firefly into its parlor, it seems to ...

Innovators are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors for biomedical imaging. The researchers used some architectural features from spider webs to develop the technology.