The tiny ray spider uses its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice with comic book characters, this ability is unusual in spiders. So I'm thinking we've all seen a spider ...

Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the toughest materials known to science. That is, it can absorb massive amounts ...

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