Spiders don’t just spin webs randomly; their intricate, symmetrical designs are backed by an astonishing evolutionary strategy and geometry. These perfectly constructed traps serve more than one ...

Spiders known for elaborate circular webs have altered their spinning style in dark spaces to create apparent tripwires for walking prey. Those that make circular webs are known as orb-weavers ...

Perhaps the most famous group of spiders that construct funnel-shaped webs is the Australian funnel-web spiders. There are 36 of them and some are dangerous as they produce a fast-acting and ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider has extremely dangerous venom, but according to a new study this spider is actually three different species — one of which, the "Newcastle big boy," is much larger.

Just a week after a new funnel-web spider specimen was hailed as the largest ever found, arachnid experts have published a paper suggesting that there are actually three species of the world’s d ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they had ever seen.See the funnel-web spider Hemsworth ...

From tweed to capes to cosy knits - she knows how to don stylish looks in the castle, and one of her staple accessories is her famous fingerless gloves. While you may think they're an odd choice ...

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LAFAYETTE, KATC — If you've noticed an increase in webs appearing around your neighborhood, there's no need to call Spider-Man. What you're seeing is a natural phenomenon known as "ballooning ...

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Learn how to get spider web nails just in time for Halloween. Halloween is only a few short weeks away, and if you are still wondering how to get into the spirit, nail art is a great way.