A Natural History of the World's Spiders," author Ximena Nelson examines three species of spider with unusual diets — plants, ...

Unlike the majority of spiders, which dwell on land, the diving bell spider spends most of its life underwater. It is the ...

Spidey Tek's founders claim to be the first scientists to determine the molecular structure of spider silks. In 2015, the company implanted spider silk protein genes into the leaves of alfalfa plants ...

Ultra-thin layers of silk deposited on graphene in perfect alignment represent a key advance for the control needed in microelectronics and advanced neural network development.

After thousands of years as a highly valuable commodity, silk continues to surprise. Now it may help usher in a whole new ...

Researchers from Joro Watch, an interactive monitoring program, detected six Joro spiders in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — not ...

The three Smart Idea grants are from the government’s 2024 Endeavour Fund, announced by Minister of Science, Innovation and Technology Judith Collins. The Endeavour Fund is aimed at supporting ...

Studio Wildcard releases ARK: Bob's Tall Tales - Steampunk Ascent and Aberration Ascended expansion pack. Aberration Ascended offers a sci-fi, bioluminescent ARK, with new creatures and over 50 unique ...

Further imaging studies and complementary theoretical calculations showed that the thin silk layer adopts a stable structure ...