Thanks to E.B. White's charming story, "Charlotte's Web," the sight ... Today, synthetic spider silk is used by NASA in space ...

Researchers from the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu in Estonia have developed a new robot that can build, or rather “spin” new physical components on the fly. Inspired by how ...

Ecologists saw nocturnal spiders attracting prey with its web by using fireflies as bait, according to a new study.

Unraveling the Web of Proteins in Spider Silk Compartmentalized protein expression in the spider silk gland provides clues to spinning more sustainable materials.

Spiders, being small and grievously misunderstood, are shown the door during Christmas cleaning, and their webs are rolled into balls and given the boot.