The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged hunters to find their next meal.

This is a golden orb-weaver, Nephila pilipes. (Photo courtesy of Bing Heng Lee) (CN) – Using a bright yellow color similarly found in several flower heads, scientists revealed in a new study Monday ...

(1) Block-size analysis of variance was applied to the distribution of the funnel web-building spider Agelenopsis aperta (Gertsch) (Araneae: Agelenidae) in different seasons in a lava bed area in ...

Jumping spiders of the genus Portia exhibit remarkable hunting skills, retaining visual information about prey even when ...

video: Being inconspicuous might seem the best strategy for spiders to catch potential prey in their webs, but many orb-web spiders, which hunt in this way, are brightly coloured. New research finds ...

Being inconspicuous might seem the best strategy for spiders to catch potential prey in their webs, but many orb-web spiders, which hunt in this way, are brightly colored. New research finds their ...