Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...
Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has led to an increase in environmental noise. By now, residents have grown used to the sounds of traffic, airplanes, construction, and more noises that ...
A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds ...
Just like some people, there are arachnids out there that prefer to pick up their takeout meals, including the aptly named slingshot spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). Scientists have just figured out ...
Researchers have finally figured out how slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) are so accurate when they fire their webs at prey. Everything from the timing to the angle at which they fire their ...
Question: Every summer I get spider webs on the underside of my porch roofs. I do not see any spiders when I inspect them ...
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 adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...