Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly sophisticated behavior that requires precise, split-second decision making on ...

Spider web “decorations” may help arachnids to pinpoint the location of their captured prey, suggests a study. The “extra touches” to intricate webs - known as stabilimenta - enable the eight-legged ...

Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted “doppelgängers” convincing enough to ...

New species are discovered all the time. While some are found in the most remote parts of the planet, others were hiding in plain sight all this time. Newsweek reported that a new species of spider ...

Spider silk is a protein fiber that forms tough, crystal-like sheets. A spider makes several silk types in different glands, then pulls a liquid mixture through microscopic spigots on the spinnerets, ...

Trap doors act as devices of trickery and disguise, providing an entryway into the unknown. These interesting entry points are beneficial to the person behind them. In the case of the trapdoor spider, ...

Uniquely is a Modesto Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Central Valley so special. To the delight of critter lovers and the dismay of ...

A silver Argiope spider in a spiderweb with stabilimenta. Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons When imagining a spider web, chances are most people envision a typical spiral, wheel-shaped ...

TODAY DURING A SPECIAL CEREMONY. RIGHT NOW TO A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL. SCIENTISTS AT UC DAVIS DISCOVERED A NEW SPIDER. CHECK IT OUT. IT’S A TRAPDOOR SPIDER WHICH LIVES ALONG CALIFORNIA’S COAST ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of spider living in the state's coastal sand dunes. "These are absolutely beautiful spiders living among the California ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of spider hiding in plain sight in coastal California’s sand dunes. The arachnologists from UC Davis published their find this month in the journal Ecology and ...