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 ...

On feeding days, Sarah Han would lift the lid to the spider enclosure and carefully lower a struggling fly to its doom. It only took a few tries for Han, an entomologist at the University of Akron, to ...

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

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I hate to break it to you, arachnophobes, but spiders are everywhere, even when snow flies and the air is super-chilled. The ones in your house (and there are many) have it easy. Not so with the ...

A blue street light illuminates the intersection of Shawnee St. and E. Lynch Street in Durham, N.C., Nov. 26, 2022. Ethan Hyman [email protected] This series from The News & Observer’s Service ...