A close look at a viral spider video reveals how web-building spiders use silk to restrain, transport, and consume large prey ...

Scientists discovered that when common spiders are sprayed with a graphene solution, they produce silk far stronger than anything humans can currently manufacture. The video explores how this ...

These twisting threads wrapped in thinner, looping strands are the silk of an Australian net-casting spider (Asianopis subrufa), a consummate ambush predator. Instead of building a web and waiting for ...

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

A microscope image of two exceptional threads of silk from the Australian net-caster spider has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025. The ...

Peter Parker, an academically gifted but socially inept high school student, fights crime as Spider-Man, a member of The Avengers.