The spiders have a silver-grey coloured abdomen with a brown oak leaf pattern on the back. The legs are dark brown with light brown bands. The markings are somewhat variable. Its webs seem at first ...

Prey stick to orb-weaver spider webs because their waxy outer layers mesh with spider silk to form a matrix glue. A team of physics students in the U.K. have worked out that spider silk could be ...

If you are a male orb weaver spider, life is difficult ... When the time comes for the Amazon river dolphins to pair up, gifts are involved. Petrol-station carnations and a box of Cadbury Roses are ...

Not only does spider silk combine the useful properties of high tensile strength and extensibility, it can be beautiful in its own right. 'Silk is an amazing material,' says Jan Beccaloni, our ...