Holding a net stretched between its four front legs, it springs down onto the ground to ensnare insect prey, making use of its hypersensitive, night-vision eyes—the largest of any spider, at nearly 5 ...

Several types of spiders use this design of web and they are a highly effective way of catching prey using the minimum amount of silk and therefore expending the least amount of energy.

These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and twigs that they use to ambush and capture prey. These burrows are lined ...

Xu and his colleagues found that they could extract spider mitochondrial DNA and genetic material from the spiders’ prey, house crickets, up to 88 days after living organisms had been present on the ...

Scientists in Europe have identified a previously unknown species of fungus that turns cave spiders into “zombies ... seemingly manipulating its prey to move to a more suitable spot for ...

Since they don't spin webs to trap prey, they must hunt for their food, usually consisting of large insects. Female wolf ...

Peacock spiders are well known for their elaborate dances – but their extraordinary jumps smash speed records.

Sorenson: We think the spiders mostly just blunder ... Using its famous trap, it can catch prey faster than you can blink. But what happens next...inside a Venus flytrap? Funny thing about ...

The female's web is irregular and sticky, designed to trap prey while providing a hiding spot for the spider. Male redback spiders often venture into the female's web during mating season ...

Black widow spiders also use their webs to ensnare their prey, which consists of flies, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, beetles, and caterpillars. Black widows are comb-footed spiders, which means they ...

Spider silk transmits vibrations across a wide range of frequencies so that when a thread is plucked, the sound created carries information about prey, mates, and even the structural integrity of ...