The researchers were looking , a type of arachnid with “segmented abdomens usually covered by plates,” the Science X Network reported. Species of Mesothelae spiders tend to live in very niche ...

The copious numbers of laboratories shown in "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" are actually pretty scientifically sound. Webb knows a thing or two about real-life laboratories. "We looked a lot at real ...

That spider you squished? It could have been used for science! Today, we're bringing you Halloween a little early – Short Wave style! Host Regina G. Barber talks to Anil Oza about the scientists ...

Engineers find they can manipulate the legs of dead spiders to serve as grippers.

Pound-for-pound, inch-for-inch, spider silk can absorb huge amounts of energy without ripping apart. Now, scientists have created a synthetic spider silk with many of the same properties as its ...

The orb-weaving spider, Araneus ventricosus, has found a way to hack the firefly’s bioluminescent signals to lure more of the glowing insects, according to new research.

In the applied science lab, the scientists are very interested in how the protrusions they discovered on the silk—they named them “nano-papillae”—affect the stickiness and flexibility of the substance ...