By adding chitosan and borate buffer, the researchers were also able to enhance the fibers’ strength and adhesiveness. This ...

The yellow garden spider is better known to many as the writing spider due to the iconic zig-zag feature of their web. Click ...

Tufts University researchers have created a web-slinging material that solidifies mid-air, lifting objects up to 80 times its ...

They don't fly like a bee or bird, but instead, they make little web balloons ... and the Garden Spider, also sometimes ...

Researchers at Tufts University have developed a new technology making Spider-Man's web-slinging a reality. The device can shoot a fluid, which instantly turns into a solid string. This string can ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Scientists have created artificial spider web silk ...

Attach a piece of wire a few inches long to the back of each of the butterflies. Arrange 3 butterflies inside of the cloche ...

On closer inspection a quadrant is always missing, which gives rise to its common name of the missing sector orb web spider. This spider feeds on almost any flying insect captured within its web. As ...

Females nursery web spiders construct tent-like structures ... them swaying from side to side as they spit, creating a zig ...

Researchers at Tufts University’s Silklab have developed a silk-based sticky fluid that instantly turns into a fibrous material when ejected, evoking the gravity-defying, web-slinging powers of the ...

The star of this dish is a ring of crescent roll dough filled with savory taco meat and cheese, artfully arranged to resemble a giant spider.

A medium-sized spider, usually brown and frequently having yellowish markings on the abdomen. Three related species live in Britain, living in tubular retreats within holes in walls, bark, etc. Their ...