It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special organs called spinnerets, located typically on the ...

What looks like a spider but isn’t one, lives underwater and breathes through its legs? That would be the mysterious sea spider. With over 1,300 species living in every ocean, these marine arthropods ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

There are several species of widow spiders in the United ... Immature and male brown widow spiders don't bite at all. Brown widows are much less aggressive than black widows — they prefer ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...

Very fundamental questions, such as which spiders actually belong to a species and how the species ... this was not at all easy," reports Schöneberg. One of the goals is to better understand ...