Once a spider web has been abandoned, it will start to gather dust and dirt, which is what we’ve come to recognize as a cobweb. While an active spider web is clean and translucent, and used by the ...

Have you ever entered a seldom-used room, only to be met by an unexpected web clinging to your face? Or perhaps during an early morning walk, you’ve paused to admire the delicate artistry of a web, ...

Spider webs are active, maintained structures built by spiders for hunting, shelter, or laying eggs, showcasing remarkable silk. Cobwebs, conversely, are abandoned, dusty, and neglected remnants of ...

You may want to think twice before vacuuming up any pesky cobwebs you find around your home -- these messy spider lairs may contain valuable information (valuable to scientists, that is). A spider's ...

What you do with spider webs and the spiders that live in them is up to you and your own conscience. Crawford currently lives ...

UNLESS you’re committing to remarkably realistic Halloween decor, you probably want to reduce the number of spiderwebs in and around your house. Luckily, a spider expert knows just how to do it, and ...

Researchers have devised a software system that can analyze a spider web and find out which species spun it. It’s intended to aid scientists in quickly identifying the prevalence of certain species ...

Millions of years ago, a few spiders abandoned the kind of round webs that the word “spiderweb” calls to mind and started to focus on a new strategy. Before, they would wait for prey to become ...

The South African black cobweb spider – known as a false katip for its similarities – is bolder and faster than the native species. A group of Kiwi researchers have held a spider Olympics to get to ...