The brown recluse and black widow are the most common venomous spiders in the U.S.. What are their habitats? Know how to prevent a bite.

We all dust away cobwebs, but the structures serve a vital purpose for spiders to filter out loud ambient vibrations in urban ...

Other innovative approaches for treating stroke are being developed in Australia ... which is derived from the venom of the funnel web spider- showed great promise as a stroke treatment.

Funnel-weaving spiders may be using webs to soundproof against manmade noise which tends to overlap with frequency range they ...

The next time you sweep away a cobweb without a second thought, consider this: the silken structure is an engineering marvel. According to new research published last week in Current Biology, a ...

The new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, shows the webs of funnel-weaving spiders transmit vibrations differently in response to increased local noise.

Spiders are known to learn about predators, prey, potential mates, and their overall environment from vibrations carried by their webs. Funnel-weaving spiders in particular connect their webs to ...

The new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, shows the webs of funnel-weaving spiders transmit vibrations differently in response to increased local noise. Spiders ...