These circular creations are made by a class of spiders called orb weavers that includes lots of common garden spiders. They adjust their design based on which insects they’re most likely to capture: ...

Cobweb or spiderweb natural rain pattern background close-up. Cobweb with drops of rain pattern in blue light. Cobweb net texture with morning rain bokeh. Partial blur view lines spider web necklace© ...

An orb spider web between two dried stems in a morning meadow. The web is anchored in a triangle frame and in sharp focus against a warm bokeh background. Interesting textures and highlights.© Donna ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for ...

A Cyclosa spider is camouflaged on a web with debris attached to make itself less visible at the Los Amigos Biological Station, Peru. Emanuele Biggi, Nature Picture Library In a narrow passage deep ...

You have probably admired more than once the almost perfect beauty of spider webs. Do you know why they have a circular structure? There are several reasons for this. Today, scientists recognize about ...

A Costa Rican pirate spider lives up to the family name: It tricks closely related orb weaver spiders into “walking the plank,” right to their doom. Like any respectable pirate, pirate spiders have an ...