Spiders such as this Argiope bruennichi sometimes adorn webs with zigzagging stabilimenta. Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only ...

Ever wonder if spiders can make music? Well, it turns out that they can. A group of researchers recently interpreted a spider web's structure into sound. The "spider web sonification," they call it, ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have turned spider webs into music, creating an eerie soundtrack — which can be listened to here — that could help them better understand how ...

These circular creations are made by a class of spiders called orb weavers that includes lots of common garden spiders. They adjust their design based on which insects they’re most likely to capture: ...

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only creatures who decorate their abodes. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven ...