Have you ever wondered why spider webs are so perfectly symmetrical? It’s not just for beauty—there’s a scientific reason behind this precision! Learn how spiders use geometry and survival instincts ...

A new field study of arachnid hunting behavior has shown that spiders forage for prey rich in specific nutrients, and their preferences depend on the individual spider's species, life stage and sex.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...