The regularity of the delicate structures made by spiders is one of the wonders of nature. Now abnormalities in these patterns are used to study the mechanism by which drugs produce their effects ...

To narrow their investigation, they focused on the major silk type, which makes up the radial threads of the web ... spider silk and see how that affects the mechanical properties,” Reimegård said.

Walking into a spider web might make you panic, even if it’s only a few feet wide. Now imagine colliding into one over 80 feet long. That’s unlikely, but thanks to the Darwin’s bark spider ...

Jon Watts, the director behind the most recent Spider-Man trilogy starring Tom Holland, has received some pushback from fans ...