There are two kinds of spiders that make webs indoors during the winter, and both are quite common. And neither is native to ...

Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has led to an increase in environmental noise. By now, residents have grown used to the sounds of traffic, airplanes, construction, and more noises that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up glowing spider web or cobweb with dew hanging on the grass in the early morning. Golden sunrise shines on spider web and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Healthy spiders never run out of silk. Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the spider that built them. Watching flies ...