Crab spiders, which are about 5 millimeters long and can change color, were observed checking the wind and spinning 7- to 13-foot-long silk parachutes, according to a study published in PLoS Biology.

When spiders launch off from the ground and float through the sky, sometimes for thousands of miles, it's due to a "ballooning process" where spiders raise their abdomen to the sky, spin 7- to 13 ...

Spiders can use electricity to fly through the air like a real-life 'Spiderman' By Chris Ciaccia , Fox News Published July 5, 2018 1:18pm EDT | Updated July 5, 2018 3:11pm EDT ...

Spiders, and some caterpillars, produce and use silk in a number of ways. It seems the caterpillars use silk to move vertically, from higher branches to the ground — presumably to walk to new trees.

Spiders don’t have wings, but they can fly across entire oceans on long strands of silk. For more than a century, scientists thought it was the wind that carried them, but a new study shows the ...

Scientists are studying how spiders do the behavior known as, "ballooning." Ballooning is when spiders, using their silk, fly in the air.

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — While fishing recipes usually include things like cornmeal, batter or blackened seasoning, fly-fishing aficionados like Denis Dunderdale may have a different idea. The word ...

A spider that can ‘fly’ without wings? It sounds like science fiction, but researchers have confirmed that some spiders use electrostatic forces in the atmosphere to glide across long distances.

Spiders the size of your hand that can fly for miles? They’re coming, researchers say. Published: Nov. 10, 2023, 1:17 p.m. The invasive Joro spider is spreading across the eastern U.S.

So for spider silk, the air is that fluid, moving swiftly along to take the spiders far afield. These spiders don’t need an actual balloon to fly, just their own amazing silk. ScienceTake ...