Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs.

Coyote would spring, but the real artistry of the triangle weaver’s ambush lies in the craftsmanship of its silk. Spiders can produce several different types of silk, each uniquely suited to its ...

The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided web under tension, which it releases the moment prey flies into the web. Jessica Garb and colleagues sequenced the genome ...

Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs. The triangle weaver spider ...

The extraordinary anti-predator strategy of two tiny, orb-weaving spider species has been uncovered by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of Florida.