Helicopter damselflies specialize in preying on web-building spiders, like the little orb weavers. This predatory flyer is ...

Some of nature’s most mesmerizing works of art might just be hanging in your backyard. The artist is an orb weaver spider.

The diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is the only spider species known to live almost entirely underwater. This is ...

Being the most profitable superhero of all time, Spider-Man has been treated pretty dang well in media—television, films, and ...

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

A close look at a viral spider video reveals how web-building spiders use silk to restrain, transport, and consume large prey ...

We take a look at all the movies and shows releasing during the make-or-break year for superhero media, from Supergirl to ...

When Peter Parker bonded with the mystical “Spider-Totem” known as The Other, he transcended into something primal and ...

Learn why “spider season” and deadly Sydney funnel-web season are different, and how to stay safe when spiders are on the move.

Spiders are quite intelligent regarding survival, and the example that illustrates this best is that of Cyclosa orb weavers. These spiders weave normal webs, but they also perform an unusual activity ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers discovered precisely how spiders build webs by using night vision and artificial intelligence to track and record every movement of all eight legs as spiders ...

Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the toughest materials known to science. That is, it can absorb massive amounts ...