Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

Dominating this picture, a giant orb-weaving spider, (Mongolarachne jurassica) having spun a web amongst the Ginko baiera twigs, has just caught a giant cicada (Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis).

So far, scientists have only observed G. attenboroughii infecting the spiders Metellina merianae and Meta menardi, both cave-dwelling orb weavers that are found in Europe. The first sighting of ...

Spider webs are as diverse as the spiders that make them. The orb web, made famous by orb weaver spiders, is a classic circular design with radiating spokes connected by spirals of silk.

While Joro spiders can bite if provoked, they are generally non-aggressive. The Georgia Department of Agriculture states that ...

The protein used to make the silk is a precious resource for the spider so it is not surprising that they do not want to ...

Little did they know they were in for what Shamble says was “a huge surprise”: the strength of this spiders’ silk parallels—and even surpasses—that of most orb weaver spiders, which produce the ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...

It acts like Velcro, sticking to the legs and bristles of captured insects.' A member of the Araneidae family, the garden orb-weaver or garden cross spider (Araneus diadematus) is probably the ...