A crab spider spins out fine silk fibers for its aerial dispersal. The image is displayed as a negative to make the silk easier to see. Moonsung Cho, Technical University of Berlin. Some spiders can ...

Spiders take flight on the smallest of breezes by first sensing the wind, and then spinning out dozens of nanoscale fibers up to seven meters long, according to a new study. Spiders take flight on the ...

Although an animal’s common name often helps describe its characteristics and/or relationship to other animals, common names can be misleading. One arthropod reported from the periphery of the Rolling ...

June 14 (UPI) --Some spiders take air balloon rides, and researchers at the Technical University of Berlin are trying figure out how. Species belonging to the Xysticus genus, a group of crab spiders, ...

Spiders might make you shiver, but they’re also some of the most fascinating creatures out there. With their intricate webs and mind-blowing survival skills, these eight-legged wonders do way more ...