In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders ...

Sauntering through your yard, gazing at your prized roses, breathing in their sweet scents mixed in with summer's balminess ...

The researchers found that funnel-weaving spiders alter how their silk webs transmit vibrations in response to local noise.

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution. By Joshua Rapp Learn There’s nothing worse than a noisy neighbor ...

An article in a 1995 issue of NASA Tech Briefs discussed work done by researchers at Marshall Space Flight Center to see how various substances — including caffeine — affect spider web patterns.

‘Most spiders have poor eyesight and rely almost exclusively on the vibration of the silk in their web for sensory information,’ said Beth Mortimer of the Oxford Silk Group who led the ...

In the paddy fields and around the ponds of central China, a common species of orb-weaving spider builds new webs every ...