The U.S. military is interested in ‘super spiders’ capable of producing silk with extraordinary features. Don’t worry—it ...

Researchers used gene-editing technique CRISPR to modify the DNA sequences of house spiders, causing them to produce red ...

Following the genetic modification, the spiders produced red fluorescent silk. The findings of the study have been published in the journal Angewandte Chemie. Spider silk is one of the most ...

They found that, despite the changes to color, there were no real changes to silk production or strength. Genetically oriented research in spiders is still relatively limited. But it is considered ...

Researchers have, for the first time ever, used CRISPR gene editing on spiders. While the genetically-modified critters lack the ability to give you spidey senses, they do spin glowing silk.

Some species in the genus Arkys are not triangular at all and instead resemble bird droppings as further camouflage. These ...

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“The golden silk orbweaver is a tropical climate spider. Its name comes from the color of its spider silk. The threads have a yellowish hue to them,” according to Insect ...

Knock-ins: To the spiders, the researchers added biological information for a red protein to the MaSp2 gene to see if it would affect silk color. Both the knock-in and knock-out experiments were ...