Spiders have long been the go-to bad guys in fantasy media, from the Lord Of The Rings' monstrous Shelob to the numerous ...

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

“When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use their hind legs to grab the fiber and pull it out. That stretches ...

When a spider weaves its web, it stretches the silk with its hind legs. This gesture, far from being insignificant, aligns the protein chains and increases the number of hydrogen bonds between them.

Stretching spider silk aligns its proteins and strengthens fibers, a new study suggests. This could improve engineered silk ...

On Friday afternoon the Santa Fe Sheriff's Department announced its findings following an investigation into the deaths of ...

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In Australia's arid and semi-arid zones lives a highly elusive predator. It's small but fierce and feisty, with big eyes, ...