Discovered in 2022, the subterranean spider web spans over 1,000 feet and is home to a six-figure population of arachnids.

Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room for individual variation that makes one species' web — or one individual ...

Sending spiders to space seems like a good idea (because, science), but arachnids apparently have their own notions about living in space. NASA researchers first sent spiders to space in the 1970’s, ...

ENTMAIN copy 39088020348470 Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. "Spider webs are considered by many to be the most spectacular structures of the natural world. Their designs, their creation, and ...

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music -- creating an eerie soundtrack that could help them better understand how the ...