Explore the fascinating world of spider web construction and learn the beauty in these intricate designs found in nature.

The next time you're sweeping cobwebs out of the corners, take a moment to appreciate the elaborate designs of these sticky ...

Xinhua Fu Some spiders might use captured fireflies as beacons to lure more of the insects into their webs. In a study of orb-weaver spiders in China, researchers noticed that male fireflies ...

A new study suggests orb-weaving spiders may manipulate the flashes of male fireflies caught in their web to mimic the mating call of a female. A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb ...

Their experiments showed that the spiders’ webs captured male fireflies more often when the spider was present than when the spider was absent. They also confirmed that the signals made by male ...

Scary smart. A recent study found that spiders intentionally capture specific bugs in their webs to attract other creatures, including still-flashing fireflies. Scientists already knew that ...

Enthralled, you speed toward love’s embrace — only to fly headfirst into a spider’s web. That flashy female ... manipulating the behavior of already-captured prey to generate deceptive ...

With Hemsworth being such a large funnel-web spider, it is natural to assume that he produces a large quantity of the venom captured during the milking process. However, as Teni explains to A-Z ...