Building these strong yet ephemeral traps is a process that follows patterns shared among spider species. But is there room ...

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Deep inside a pitch-black chamber on the Albanian–Greek border, scientists have stumbled upon something straight out of a nightmare: the world’s biggest spider web. “This is one of the first examples ...

What is thought to be the world's largest-known spider's web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been discovered in a cave on the Albanian-Greek border. After researchers published their ...

Learn why “spider season” and deadly Sydney funnel-web season are different, and how to stay safe when spiders are on the move.

This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.