Spiders take flight on the smallest of breezes by first sensing the wind, and then spinning out dozens of nanoscale fibers up to seven meters long, according to a new study. Spiders take flight on the ...

Although an animal’s common name often helps describe its characteristics and/or relationship to other animals, common names can be misleading. One arthropod reported from the periphery of the Rolling ...

A crab spider spins out fine silk fibers for its aerial dispersal. The image is displayed as a negative to make the silk easier to see. Moonsung Cho, Technical University of Berlin. Some spiders can ...

June 14 (UPI) --Some spiders take air balloon rides, and researchers at the Technical University of Berlin are trying figure out how. Species belonging to the Xysticus genus, a group of crab spiders, ...

Spiders might make you shiver, but they’re also some of the most fascinating creatures out there. With their intricate webs and mind-blowing survival skills, these eight-legged wonders do way more ...