The cavern along the border of Greece and Albania is home to a terrifyingly high number of two species of arachnids that live ...

Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square ...

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

Deep inside a pitch-black chamber on the Albanian–Greek border, scientists have stumbled upon something straight out of a ...

After a spider finishes weaving its web, it sometimes adds one last touch. A bright zigzag down the middle, like a silken “X.

Made from a silk that’s distinct from the ordinary web scaffolding surrounding them, stabilimenta reflect ultraviolet light, leading some scientists to suggest their function is primarily ...

In late summer and fall, these small orange arachnids will stretch their circular webs across trees and porches in your yard ...

Fall is in full swing now and it is a treat. Leaves turn from green into bright reds, oranges, and yellows before falling to ...

A remarkably preserved spider fossil, Arthrolycosa wolterbeeki, dating over 310 million years old, was discovered in northern ...

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for ...

A few years ago, the owner of a house in Georgia captured an epic battle between a brown widow spider and a brown snake. Black widows are widely known as one of the most dangerous on Earth, but in ...