In an unexpected twist, a non-venomous spider has been caught poisoning its victims by lacing its silk wrappings with vomited ...

While you might think that we've learned all we need to from feeding spiders illegal drugs, people working at NASA in the ...

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

Matthew Dean, Sales Engineer and Head of the Medical Business Unit at maxon, explores how Newrotex and maxon are developing an innovative approach to overcome the common challenges of traditional ...

The first new species is Idris bianor, named after the spider genus it parasitizes, according to the study. Its body length is just 0.02 to 0.03 inches long, researchers said, and its body is light ...

Feather-legged lace weaver spider kills prey using toxic regurgitated s Regurgitated poison-coated silk replaces traditional ...

These are the unfortunately final moments of victims of the Uloboridae spiders, a family of orb weavers that, unlike almost ...

A research team has found that a common spider kills its prey with poison but does not inject it into them—instead, it covers ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest ...

The abdomen of a spider is where silk is produced. Inside these glands, spiders produce a liquid protein solution that is then extruded through tiny nozzle-like organs called spinnerets.

It’s stronger than steel, tougher than Kevlar and stretchy like rubber. But farming spiders for their natural silk is expensive, energy-intensive and difficult. So, scientists instead want to recreate ...