7. Puffel, by Sr. M. Gianna Casino, of the Leaven of the Immaculate Heart of Mary As a Catholic mom, I am always looking for age-appropriate ways to share theology of the body with my kids, and ...

The Joro spider is often confused with the golden silk orb weaver (Nephila clavipes) because they look similar. A Joro spider, left, and a golden orb weaver spider [AFP/Getty Images] ...

Bermuda-based hedge fund firm, which oversees more than $2 billion, may suffer losses as catastrophe bonds fall and reinsurance is tapped following a spate of big natural disasters in recent months.

Hsuan-Chen Wu at the National Taiwan University and his colleagues collected silk from giant golden orb-weaver spiders (Nephila pilipes) and dissolved it in a chemical called hexafluoroisopropanol.

Dissolving silkworm silk and remaking it in a solution of sugar and zinc and iron metal ions has made it stronger than most spider silk, one of the toughest and strongest materials in nature.

Broker Howden Group said it has helped create the world's first insurance against fraud and negligence in voluntary carbon-market credits, part of efforts to scale up the nascent industry.

Acrisure, a fast-growing fintech leader that operates a top-10 insurance broker, announced it is acquiring Volante Global, a multi-class, multi-territ ...

Hamilton, Bermuda, Dec. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nephila Capital is pleased to announce the launch of a new Lloyd’s specialty syndicate, 2358. The syndicate will allow Nephila investors the ...

Lloyd’s has today announced that leading investment manager Nephila has funded its newly launched Syndicate 2358, which focuses on short to medium term business lines, with capital provided through ...

Science | October 27, 2021. Fourteen Ways That Spiders Use Their Silk. From making parachutes to building scuba tanks, the arachnids have come up with some fascinating creations ...

The extraction of silk from Nephila edulis using a mechanical apparatus made of Lego bricks. Credit: Simon Fruergaard/CC BY-SA However, Bilde and her Aarhus colleagues were skeptical of those claims.