Spiders are famous aesthetes. Many craft radially symmetric webs, first extruding long silken spokes and then spinning ...

Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

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

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old ...

Made from a silk that’s distinct from the ordinary web scaffolding surrounding them, stabilimenta reflect ultraviolet light, leading some scientists to suggest their function is primarily ...

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

A student turned to the internet for advice, but it wasn't education-related—instead, their computer had been hijacked by creepy crawlies. The image posted by u/Duck_Shover is an arachnophobe's worst ...

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