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 ...

Giant communal webs have appeared around the world. Find out what species builds them and how they benefit from teamwork.

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 ...

These circular creations are made by a class of spiders called orb weavers that includes lots of common garden spiders. They adjust their design based on which insects they’re most likely to capture: ...

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave about colorful and invasive Joro spiders, a cicada fungus, and lessons about how the human body responds to life in outer ...