The story of silk is full of the extraordinary. First Paraguay and Suriname have caterpillars larger than any in Europe, ...

which in turn draws more males into the web In a year-long trial, people who received a daily injection of liraglutide showed an 18 percent lower cognitive decline than people who received a ...

the team has developed artificial fibers similar to threads from the golden silk orb weaver, a large spider with a spectacularly strong web. Despite developing this “recipe” for spider silk, ...

and the pesky face-level webs of golden orb-weaver spiders. Mostly, though, it was flora that stood out: tyre palms like giant fans, heart-leafed anthuriums, and some of the oldest, tallest trees on ...

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...

As rumours swirl about Sadie Sinks' mysterious role in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man 4, some spectacular new fan art imagines ...

These spiders are named for the funnel-shaped webs they weave. They are feared in southern and eastern Australia due to their potent venom. The brown recluse spider's venom can destroy blood ...