Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...

Spiders spin silken webs to capture flies and other tiny prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of DNA from the surrounding environment, a hidden resource that Australian scientists said could be used ...

A social media page that frequently posts fabricated stories about alien life shared another outlandish tale about alien ...

Sending spiders to space seems like a good idea (because, science), but arachnids apparently have their own notions about living in space. NASA researchers first sent spiders to space in the 1970’s, ...

An Australian company has created a significant evolution of the construction industry in the form of Charlotte, a spider-like robot capable of building houses.

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