Some spiders wait for prey to come and tickle their web. But the ogre-faced spider (Deinopis spinosa) uses its sense of hearing to take its web to the prey. Hanging upside down, the spider weaves a ...

This is a scientific experiment. Richard Dawkins, the Neil DeGrasse Tyson of evolutionary biology, is broadly credited with coining the term meme in 1976. On Monday, the 79-year-old public ...

Spiders that hunt in packs use web vibrations to coordinate their attacks, allowing them to kill prey hundreds of times larger than they could on their own. Of the 50,000 known spider species, just ...

Spiders weave different styles of webs for different hunting tactics. Identifying the web helps identify if its maker is a ...

Close-up glowing spider web or cobweb with dew hanging on the grass in the early morning. Golden sunrise shines on spider web and grassland in the background. Focus on cobweb.© Tanes ...

Entomologist Sarah Han has always been into spiders. "I grew up in California and there are a lot of black widows," says Han. "I would keep them as pets. One day, one of them escaped. That's a mistake ...

Net-casting spiders have the biggest eyes of any known spider on earth. Scientists who study spiders (arachnologists) have long suspected the two deep black orbs adorning Deinopis spinosas helped them ...

Late June is a good time to go to the lake. Whether we are fishing, swimming, boating or just looking, there is always much to see. Next to the water, various flora grow. Earlier, we saw white water ...