Spiders are well known for the variety of methods they use to capture prey. Some are agile jumpers that pounce on their ...

A trapdoor spider, known only as “Number 16,” was first documented to science in 1974. Amazingly, it survived until 2016.

Scientists have finally figured out how slingshot spiders know exactly when to fire their webs toward their prey.

Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don’t just passively wait for their prey to find its way into their web. Instead, ...

· Clean up around your home’s foundation. Remove firewood, bricks, boards, tarps, or vegetation up against the house, which ...

Slingshot spiders use sound-sensitive hairs to launch catapult-like webs, capturing prey with lightning speed and efficiency.

Han spent a lot of time peering into crevices along riverbanks in Ohio in search of the study’s test subjects. Slingshot ...

The best of these gifts are nuggets of fresh insect meat a female can feed on while a male inserts sperm. The more time she spends opening and eating her gift, the more sperm he can deliver. That ...