A new study published in the Journal of Experimental Biology has found that leg loss doesn’t slow tarantulas almost at all.

Sardinian spiders are decorating their webs with elaborate patterns, baffling scientists for years. New research suggests ...

Ever walked past a spider’s web and noticed it’s got zigzags woven through it? Congratulations! You have observed ...

Every year, spiders kill about 20 people worldwide. That’s fewer than scorpions, lightning strikes, or hippos—and a tiny ...

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

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

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

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