There are seven broad types of spider webs, and each is created in a unique way. In this article, we find out about their ...

When a US research lab accidentally created a sticky, web-like substance, it turned to Peter Parker and comic-book lore for ...

A new zombie pathogen has been discovered in Ireland. This insidious fungus infects cave spiders and alters their behavior to ...

Wolf spider bites are rare in humans ... Their prey even includes other arthropods, aka smaller spiders. They do not build webs to catch their prey. Instead, they rely on their speed and agility ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth ...