Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

The biggest male funnel-web spider ever recorded — a deadly behemoth measuring 3.6 inches (9.2 centimeters) from foot to foot — has been handed into a zoo in Australia. The spider is so large ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...

Evelyn Cheesman had 200 insects named after her, got trapped in a giant spider's web and accidently sent a poisoned spear to ...

Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...