Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...
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Scientists found a spider that builds 80-foot webs, and its silk is tougher than steel
A spider no larger than a coin has upended what scientists thought they knew about natural materials. Discovered in the wilds ...
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Scientists discover spider that spins 80 ft webs with silk tougher than steel
High above the rivers of Madagascar, a small arachnid is quietly rewriting what I thought was possible in nature. The ...
A newfound defensive tactic takes advantage of this idea: researchers documented spiders building giant spiderlike ...
The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...
Just like some people, there are arachnids out there that prefer to pick up their takeout meals, including the aptly named slingshot spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). Scientists have just figured out ...
Question: Every summer I get spider webs on the underside of my porch roofs. I do not see any spiders when I inspect them ...
Researchers have finally figured out how slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) are so accurate when they fire their webs at prey. Everything from the timing to the angle at which they fire their ...
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