Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs. The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided ...

While the official world record for the fastest spider is held by the Moroccan flic-flac spider ( Cebrennus rechenbergi ), ...

Newly discovered, the ballista spider rests underneath a leaf during the day. Scientists have witnessed the spider build a ...