The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is better than it gets credit for, thanks to its effects and the chemistry between Emma Stone and ...

In the forests of South Africa lurks an arachnophobe’s nightmare – Nephila kowaci, the largest web-spinning spider in the world. The females of this newly discovered species have bodies that are 3-4 ...

The competition, which is now in its 51st year, celebrates images capturing life through the lens of a microscope.

What has made the noble false widow such a successful species is its cold tolerance, longevity, and ability to produce around ...

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One of modern cinema’s foremost champions of stage-to-screen musicals, Bill Condon has enjoyed enviable success as the writer ...

A money spider (Tenuiphantes sp.) balloons, under controlled conditions, from its daisy perch. You can see the trichobothria (leg hairs) and dragline silk in this picture. (Michael Hutchinson via ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy for the spiders' tiny muscles to support. Details emerge about Charlie Kirk ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A spider web on a wood pile flutters in a gentle wind. When people think of spider webs, they usually think of orb webs, the “Charlotte’s Web” circular designs that shine in ...

Researchers observed a species of spiders using fireflies to catch prey. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI Aug. 28 (UPI) --Ecologists saw nocturnal spiders attracting prey with their web by using ...