A green long-jawed orbweaver spider was spotted hunting on top of snow in the Northeast. They emerge from beneath the snowpack on warmer winter days to hunt for springtails. Their bright green color, ...

With fallen foliage, the woods are now quite open, and we see much that was not seen in the green-leaf days of summer and may be buried under the coming snow. "Travel threads" as seen in a field on an ...

Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

My partner held a photography workshop at our house a couple of weeks ago. This involved 27 people stalking our native wildflower and vegetable gardens in search of prey for their cameras. One of the ...

Late June is a good time to go to the lake. Whether we are fishing, swimming, boating or just looking, there is always much to see. Next to the water, various flora grow. Earlier, we saw white water ...

What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University ...

There’s an apocryphal story among J.R.R. Tolkien fans that the fantasy author’s villainous portrayals of spiders were inspired by a childhood incident when a tarantula bit him. In a better documented ...

It’s already late afternoon here along the Gunpowder River, the sun slants down into the woods and pools in the middle of one of many paths to favorite fishing holes along the river. I’ve picked one ...

The interactions between spider hosts and parasitoid wasps constitute a remarkable example of co‐evolution, where intricate behavioural and physiological modifications underpin the survival strategies ...

Spider venom research encompasses investigations into the molecular composition, evolutionary dynamics and biomedical applications of the diverse cocktail of bioactive compounds produced by spiders.