Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

Spiders are some of the most diverse creatures on Earth. While they can be frightening, most of them are harmless and ...

Some spiders hunt and kill snakes up to 30 times their size. A study revealed 319 cases of such incidents involving over 40 ...

Several types of spiders use this design of web and they ... The theory is that flying insects do not notice the web, fly into it, and get stuck. Orb webs created by Araneidae, Tetragnathidae ...

Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

Scientists discover three species of the famous “Sydney funnel-web spider”, including a larger and more poisonous one in ...

Researchers have found a new species of fungi that infects spiders turning them into 'zombies' in Ireland and Northern ...

Both species have brown jaws ... This spider is an insectivore that preys on other spiders and non-insect arthropods like cotton plant bugs, fruit flies, fleahoppers, and leafhoppers.

ZOMBIE spiders’ have been found at an Irish beauty spot – and experts reckon there could be more around the country. The rare ...