Witness the fascinating process of a spider capturing and relocating a green bottle fly in its web through this detailed time-lapse. Follow the step-by-step behavior—from the fly’s initial ...

Research published Thursday ended the long running debate if spiders can use the silk they weave as a parachute to fly through the wind or if flight is powered by static electricity reacting with silk ...

Pequeño is a breaking news reporter who covers tech and more. The Joro spider—known for its yellow and gray coloring, four-inch-long legs and venom that only poses a threat to other insects—is ...

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Sometimes spiders ride the wind. They spin out lines of silk that are caught by the breeze and carry them aloft. They have been reported to rise a mile or two above the earth, and perhaps even to ...