Ever wonder where spiders hide out in your home? Here are some of the main factors influencing where spiders live.

Love or hate them, there is a lot to be admired in these eight-legged creatures and those intricate webs they weave can help keep the flies at bay; but how do they make their webs and are they just to ...

Spider webs are active, maintained structures built by spiders for hunting, shelter, or laying eggs, showcasing remarkable ...

Spiders can control the tension and stiffness of their webs to optimise their sensory powers, helping them locate and identify prey as well as partners, according to researchers at Oxford University.

Spider-Man has much in common with the male spiders whose powers he emulates, a study has found. Like the comic book hero, male spiders of many forest species are adept at flinging out lines of silk ...

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: ...

Some of you probably aren't fans of spiders, but it turns out our eight-legged friends aren't the biggest fans of us either - well at least some of the noise we make. Their webs, which you might dust ...

While studying the acoustic properties of spider silk, researchers came across an interesting discovery: spiders can hear without ears. Researchers in the US have discovered that spiders can use their ...