Clip the end of the string about 1/2 inch from the knot and fray the ends to make little spider legs. Using the loose end as ...

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

The process of making necrobiotic grippers with wolf spider carcasses. Credit: Preston Innovation Laboratory, Rice University Spider legs only have muscles for retraction, while extension is ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the ...

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 ...