Spider webs can be found practically anywhere, but when their webs get in your way or start to look unsightly, it's time to ...

Scientists have just figured out how these crafty spiders know exactly when it’s time to launch themselves and their web toward prey. Researchers at the University of Akron in Ohio conducted the ...

Most spider orb webs are static: the spiders weave them and fix them in place and then wait for prey to fly into the webs.

Han spent a lot of time peering into crevices along riverbanks in Ohio in search of the study’s test subjects. Slingshot ...

Scientists have finally figured out how slingshot spiders know exactly when to fire their webs toward their prey.

Slingshot spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) don’t just passively wait for their prey to find its way into their web. Instead, they take action. These arachnids–also called ray spiders–pull the center of ...

HAN: They would release their webs from much farther away. So the ray spiders will release their webs in response to airborne prey vibrations. DANIEL: Determining both the direction and distance ...

Slingshot, or ray spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) pull the center of their flat web back, to form a cone with the spider at the tip, keeping the net in place by holding on to a taut anchor thread.

In Ukraine, people usually remove spiders and their webs from their homes. However, Christmas brings a surprising twist ...

Researchers have uncovered a unique hunting strategy of a slingshot spider or ray spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum). These stealthy hunters launch their "ballistic web" at unsuspecting prey.