Gelanor siquirres, a species of pirate spider, descends from its dragline while pursuing prey in a Costa Rican rainforest. Credit: Gilbert Barrantes / Laura Segura Hernández / Diego Solano Brenes ...

Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

Nocturnal spiders have been filmed capturing fireflies and keeping them in their webs to attract more prey, even intermittently checking on them over the course of an hour, according to a new study.

Aug. 28 (UPI) --Ecologists saw nocturnal spiders attracting prey with their web by using fireflies as bait, according to a new study. Tunghai University researchers observed Psechrus Clavis a sheet ...

Researchers have uncovered a unique hunting strategy of a slingshot spider or ray spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). These stealthy hunters launch their "ballistic web" at unsuspecting prey. The ...

Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy ...

Ecologists have observed a species of nocturnal spider attracting prey to its web using the bioluminescent beacons of already trapped fireflies. This rare example of a predator exploiting its prey’s ...

Discover why only female Darwin's bark spiders produce the strongest silk, surpassing steel in toughness and strength.

Ant‐eating spiders represent a fascinating model of trophic specialisation and adaptive evolution. These predators exhibit a narrow dietary spectrum (myrmecophagy), targeting specific ant taxa by ...

A new study has revealed why some spiders possess venom that is far more potent than others. By analyzing the venoms of more than 70 different spider species, the team explored whether factors such as ...