That intricate web glistening with morning dew in your garden isn’t just nature’s artwork – it’s part of a fascinating ...

Are we the spider or the fly? A new multimedia exhibit at the Wild Hearts Gallery, "Bunny Bowen: Mind the Web," focuses on that question. Dorothy Bunny Bowen drew inspiration for the exhibit from a ...

There’s a certain kind of magic in the way animals anticipate the weather. From dogs pacing before a storm to birds falling ...

You might assume that a web that size is meant to catch monstrous prey. But according to iNaturalist, the Darwin’s bark spider uses its web to trap small, flying insects that hang out near water ...

Spiders known for elaborate circular webs have altered their spinning style in dark spaces to create apparent tripwires for walking prey. Those that make circular webs are known as orb-weavers ...

Also known as funnel-weaving spiders, these creatures build tapered, tube-shaped webs that aren’t sticky. They wait until unsuspecting prey enters the funnel before quickly moving to bite and ...

ReliefUSA_map.gif: Public domain, U.S. government ... and females are more likely to remain close to their webs. Male spiders venture further on the hunt for prey and are much smaller compared to ...

Several types of spiders use this design of web and they are a highly effective way of catching prey using the minimum amount of silk and therefore expending the least amount of energy.

This species, just a few millimeters in size, spins its web and then violently hurls it when it detects the approach of prey, capturing it from a distance. Like many other spiders – but not all ...

Turns out another kind of spider uses its web to trap its prey differently. Here's science reporter Ari Daniel. ARI DANIEL, BYLINE: Entomologist Sarah Han has always been into spiders. As a girl ...