The last human being to wear Spider Silk, a textile stronger than steel and made from the silk of the The last human being to wear Spider Silk, a textile stronger than steel and made from the silk of ...

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists have announced the top 10 new species described in 2009. The top 10 new ...

September is peak time for the huge spiders known as orb weavers, whose humongous, wheel-shaped webs seem to be everywhere now — stretched between shrubs and trees on trails and garden paths or across ...

City living can really have its perks – if you’re a spider. Golden orb-weaving spiders that lived in urban areas were bigger and more successful than their country-dwelling counterparts, according to ...

This is a golden orb-weaver, Nephila pilipes. (Photo courtesy of Bing Heng Lee) (CN) – Using a bright yellow color similarly found in several flower heads, scientists revealed in a new study Monday ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- First Coast News reporter David Williams was on the hunt. He was hunting for something golden, something silky with eight legs and a lot of eyes. It's something that is common in ...

Researchers from the United States and Slovenia have discovered a new, giant Nephila species (golden orb weaver spider) from Africa and Madagascar and have published their findings in the Oct. 21 ...

The golden orb-weaving spider, Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus) possesses behavioral and physiological temperature regulatory' mechanisms. Above 35 C the spider reduces its radiant heat load by orienting ...

It's the time of year when the orb-weaver spider's appearance is more common in the Wilmington area. The orb-weaver spider might not be popular or wanted around by many people because of the massive ...

This video shows mate-binding behaviour of the male orb-web "Nephila pilipes" spider. To reduce female resistance to mating and the chance of being eaten by the female, the much smaller male spider ...