Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy ...

It holds this shape with an anchor thread. When an insect approaches, the spider releases the thread, catapulting the web forward to capture the prey. Scientists discovered that these spiders aren ...

Unlike web-building spiders, wolf spiders chase down their prey on the ground ... They have robust, dark brown hairy bodies and long legs that help them move quickly to capture their prey. Wolf ...

the sound it makes carries information about prey, mates and the structure of a web to a spider Experts fired bullets and lasers at webs to study their vibrations and found they can be tuned to a ...

There is a retreat in the center where the spider waits for prey. They are ... the spider races out to capture it. The more complex the surface, the more untidy the web looks.

Holding a net stretched between its four front legs, it springs down onto the ground to ensnare insect prey, making use of its hypersensitive, night-vision eyes—the largest of any spider, at nearly 5 ...

Many animals use their colors strategically for survival, whether they’re flashing a warning signal to send harassers scurrying or enticing prey to wander closer. But new research suggests that a ...

Lynx spiders are well-adapted hunters. Eschewing the use of webs to capture their prey, they instead employ a feline-like hunting technique, leaping upon unsuspecting victims. This behavior earns ...