NASAs 1995 study revealed that chemicals like caffeine and cannabis can radically disrupt spider web-building, offering a ...

It happens every year in Australia but the fact that it's an annual occurrence doesn't make the 'Spider Apocalypse' any ...

To learn more about the ins and outs of dealing with spider webs in the home, we spoke with Rod Crawford, an arachnology ...

Researchers theorise funnel-weaving spiders could be using their webs to soundproof themselves against manmade noise, which tends to overlap with the frequency range the spiders use for communication.

How spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth. Spiders spin webs out of silk, but they also use their threads as slingshots, submarines, and hang-gliders.

Most spiders wait for prey to fly into their webs — not slingshot spiders The tiny ray spider uses its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice with comic book characters ...

Fake spider webs can entangle hummingbirds, owls, butterflies, bees and small critters. Getty Images. Animal care experts with the Nebraska Wildlife Rehab in Omaha have observed juvenile squirrels ...

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves. By Christa Lesté-Lasserre. 31 March 2025 ...

Spiders spin silken webs to capture flies and other tiny prey. They’re also trapping a wealth of DNA from the surrounding environment, a hidden resource that Australian scientists said could be ...

Back in 2018, scientists managed to make music from spiderwebs. The process was done by translating the 3D structure of a spider web into music using sonification.

When you’re deep cleaning, you’ve probably mindlessly cleared away a cobweb in the corner of the ceiling. And understandably so — spider webs don’t exactly add to your home’s aesthetic ...