Two spider families split apart nearly 240 million years ago and went their separate evolutionary ways, yet both spin webs ...

Not all spiders weave the thread-like, wheel-shaped webs you find high up in the corners of ceilings or window frames. There are actually several distinct kinds of webs, with four of the most common ...

A newly described funnel-web spider from Brasília extends the genus Harmonicon beyond the Amazon for the first time, while ...

Convergent evolutionary signals in neural, synaptic, sensory, and motor-related genes are associated with the independent evolution of funnel-web building across multiple spider lineages. BEIJING, ...

For many people, the sight — or even the thought — of a spider in a spider web gives them the chills. Even without full-on arachnophobia, the prospect of bumping into a spider web in your yard or ...