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Tucked away in the rolling hills of Luzerne County sits Nescopeck State Park—a 3,550-acre natural masterpiece that somehow remains Pennsylvania’s best-kept secret despite offering scenery that would ...

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

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Some spiders don’t just spin webs — they listen through them. Researchers found that orb-weavers can sense vibrations on ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California's ...

Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...