Spiders are famous aesthetes. Many craft radially symmetric webs, first extruding long silken spokes and then spinning ...

Ever walked past a spider’s web and noticed it’s got zigzags woven through it? Congratulations! You have observed ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited in a new study which ...