Spiders are many people's least favorite insect. But it's actually worth knowing their web differences to confiirm you're dealing with a dangerous or safe one.

Spiders produce silk from a specialized gland and use it to build incredible web structures. Scientists are figuring out how ...

While it's easy to assume a wolf spider made an intricate spider web, you're actually finding evidence of other spiders. Wolf ...

You've found a web in your home or yard, and you're pretty sure was made by a brown recluse spider. Here's how to get rid of ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited in a new study which suggests that their wave-propagation effects could help ...

Pumpkins, plastic ghosts and fake spider webs stretched across front porches, are annual reminders the spooky season is upon us in Australia. However, a startling new trend has emerged in the run up ...

With Halloween a few weeks away, wildlife experts throughout the country want the public to know there's a decoration that could pose hazards for birds, bugs and other animals when it's set up outside ...

A newfound type of spider in Australia builds an elaborate spring-loaded snare to catapult prey into its web. Researchers have nicknamed the ingenious creatures “ballista spiders” after the large ...