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

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

F or decades, arachnologists debated the actual purpose of stabilimenta, a special thread spiders weave into their webs. Now, ...

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven patterns that are typically made of a different kind of silk than ...

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

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

Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave talk about spider web architecture, storytelling and memory, and why more TV pixels may not translate to a better viewing experience.

Starring: Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Peter Dinklage and LaKeith Stanfield Director: Derek Cianfrance Rated: R (Strong ...

By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in ...

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

Victims of the GhostCall campaign span several infected macOS hosts located in Japan, Italy, France, Singapore, Turkey, Spain ...

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky warned the UN last month that AI was contributing to "the most destructive arms race in human history". He called for global rules for the use of AI in weapons, and said ...