Have you ever paused in awe at a glistening spider web stretched between branches after a morning rain? There’s something ...

Jan Beccaloni, the Museum's arachnid curator, says 'Cribellate silk is very woolly. It acts like Velcro, sticking to the legs and bristles of captured insects.' A member of the Araneidae family, the ...

Their offspring will carry a silk-producing gene from a golden orb weaver spider in their genetic libraries. Turner expects that milk from these goats will contain the essence of spider webs.

While spider silk proteins are something you can make in your garage, making useful drag line fibers has proved a daunting challenge. Now, a team of scientists from Japan and Hong Kong are closer ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraig Biocraft Laboratories, Inc. (KBLB) ("the Company" or "Kraig Labs"), a world leader in spider silk technology*, is pleased to provide an ...

The Darwin’s bark spider begins the monumental task by spraying multiple long silk strands. The threads fan out slightly, acting like small kites as they ride the breeze. The arachnid knows to ...