Over time, humans have drawn inspiration form animals. We marvel at what they can do and wonder how they do things. Frome birds flying to ...

The bold question-askers at What If uncover how spider silk might be engineered to create next-generation bulletproof skin.

The bold question-askers at What If explore how ultra-thin spider silk could one day stop jets in flight. Trump Promised ‘No ...

The spider is unable to resist the winding motion, so there is a careful balance to manage the silk product to maintain its condition and enable its future use for intricate nerve repair.

Concurrently, Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, the only producer of high-performance spider silk fibers surpassing natural silk's qualities, is poised to deliver its revolutionary SpydaSilk ® to ...

On this week’s episode of, I journey deep into the heart of Sardinia to share the story of su filindeu, or “the threads of ...

An international collaboration featuring the University of Vienna and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) has led to the first-ever chromosome-level genome assembly of a sea spider ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in its legs and barely any abdomen—may be tied to a missing gene. The detailed ...

Scientists just sequenced the first sea spider genome, uncovering genetic clues to limb growth, regeneration, and ancient arthropod evolution.

Unlike spiders and scorpions, sea spiders didn’t go through ancient genome duplications, making them a rare window into how early arthropods may have looked and evolved.

I heard they once made a dress from the silk of spiders. Great, big spiders on an island. Thankfully, living in the South, I ...