Spiders(Page 2)

The deadly mating rituals, hunting tactics, web architecture, and generally misunderstood lives of spiders.

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Extreme weather is making these spiders extra feisty
Environment

Extreme weather is making these spiders extra feisty

By Sara Chodosh

This spider’s exoskeleton looks like a helmet for a very tiny alien
Environment

This spider’s exoskeleton looks like a helmet for a very tiny alien

By Alex Schwartz

Stormtrooper spider Stormtroopis discovery species Star Wars
Environment

These clone-like, Colombian spiders are named for Star Wars’ Storm Troopers

By Eleanor Cummins

Spider glowing eyes geology paleontology
Environment

Megapixels: This fossilized spider’s eyes are still glowing 110 million years later

By Eleanor Cummins

These spiders make protein-packed milk for their young
Environment

These spiders make protein-packed milk for their young

By Jillian Mock

Black widow spiders could teach nanomaterial experts a thing or two
Environment

Black widow spiders could teach nanomaterial experts a thing or two

By Charlie Wood

a tiny robot next to a penny
Environment

Itsy bitsy spider robots might crawl around inside you one day

By Kat Eschner

spider on a flower
Environment

Arachnids may sense electrical fields to gain a true spidey sense

By Kat Eschner

Spiders are secretly great roommates
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Spiders are secretly great roommates

By Matt Bertone/The Conversation

Scientists taught a spider how to jump so they can one day do the same for robots
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Scientists taught a spider how to jump so they can one day do the same for robots

By Neel Patel

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard
Environment

Rising temperatures are opening new territories for venomous creatures—including your backyard

By Kate Baggaley

These male jumping spiders evolved dance moves because the ladies ignore them
Environment

These male jumping spiders evolved dance moves because the ladies ignore them

By Sara Chodosh

Silly Putty makes for super-sensitive sensors
Health

Silly Putty makes for super-sensitive sensors

By Sophie Bushwick

Social Spiders Anelosimus eximius web system
Environment

Spider Colonies Are Cooperating Themselves To Death

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

Male Spiders Tie Up Their Mates During Sex To Keep From Getting Eaten
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Male Spiders Tie Up Their Mates During Sex To Keep From Getting Eaten

By Charles Q. Choi

Web Wear: A New Coat Is Made From Biotech Spider Silk
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Web Wear: A New Coat Is Made From Biotech Spider Silk

By Daniel Grushkin

Brilliant 10: Jonathan Pruitt Studies How (Spider) Societies Function
Science

Brilliant 10: Jonathan Pruitt Studies How (Spider) Societies Function

By Veronique Greenwood and Cassandra Willyard

How Zombie Spiders Are Enslaved As Wasp Nursery Builders
Environment

How Zombie Spiders Are Enslaved As Wasp Nursery Builders

By Rebecca Boyle

Sea Snail’s Teeth Just Dethroned Spider Silk As The Strongest Biological Material
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Sea Snail’s Teeth Just Dethroned Spider Silk As The Strongest Biological Material

By Lydia Ramsey

This Spider Weaves A Web Of Charged Silk
Environment

This Spider Weaves A Web Of Charged Silk

By Mary Beth Griggs

How Did That Spiderweb Cross The Road?
Science

How Did That Spiderweb Cross The Road?

By Daniel Engber

Vest And Scarf Made From Spider Silk
Environment

Vest And Scarf Made From Spider Silk

By Francie Diep

This Wasp Eats Spiders And Stacks Up Corpses Of Stinging Ants
Environment

This Wasp Eats Spiders And Stacks Up Corpses Of Stinging Ants

By Douglas Main

What I Learned Hunting Decoy-Weaving Spiders In The Amazon
Environment

What I Learned Hunting Decoy-Weaving Spiders In The Amazon

By Douglas Main

FYI: Why Don’t Spiders Get Trapped In Their Own Webs?
Science

FYI: Why Don’t Spiders Get Trapped In Their Own Webs?

By Daniel Engber

Giant Cave Spider Discovered in Oregon
Environment

Giant Cave Spider Discovered in Oregon

By Rebecca Boyle