Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the ...

A microscope image of two exceptional threads of silk from the Australian net-caster spider has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2025. The ...

Japan-based biochemist Ali Malay has long questioned traditional theories about how spiders make their silk. “The prevailing hypotheses seemed like magic, because, according to it, you suddenly have ...

Ms. Renkl, a contributing Opinion writer, reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. I was sure our window spider was long gone. This year the first hard ...

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is web-slinging onto digital platforms on August 8. Sony Pictures confirmed in a press release on Tuesday that Spider-Man fans can download the second chapter of ...

Discover the fascinating step-by-step process of creating a unique, spider-shaped DIY ant farm from scratch. Watch as acrylic and wood are skillfully cut and assembled into a detailed habitat, ...

BEIJING, Nov. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Donggang District Marine Development Bureau in east China's Shandong Province has successfully worked out innovative approaches of hatching and breeding fish ...

Silk has played an important role in almost every aspect of Chinese society, politics and culture. A prestige textile, it signified status and wealth, figured in literature and religious rituals and ...