The next time you're sweeping cobwebs out of the corners, take a moment to appreciate the elaborate designs of these sticky ...

A telephoto close-up of a golden silk orb weaver on its web seen at Brazos Bend State Park in Texas. The morning sunlight bathes both spider and web with a golden light (Credit: Rebecca L.

He remembered that the boat was going with the current rather than against it, which is symbolically a good thing, but there ...

Some, like the two spiders that also came back on the last shuttle flight, were launched into orbit as part of an educational program for students. Gladys and Esmerelda, both golden orb spiders ...

The golden orb spider from the island of Madagascar produces a lustrous golden silk thread to construct its web in the jungle canopy. After collecting the spider silk for more than five years ...

Good luck trying to squash one of these suckers, anyway. From the looks of them, it's liable to catch your foot mid-squash and put you in a rear naked choke. But that's not the on ...

the golden orb spider, and the very rare Neptune's Cup Sponge. The fourth episode explores Singapore's forests. Here on the fringes of the city, the jungle harbours some fascinating species, including ...

Here we will explain exactly how orb-weaver spiders make their webs and why they are architectural wonders. Orb-weaver spiders are members of the Araneidae family of spiders. They are found in all ...

A parasitic wasp forces its host to weave a special web for its own ends. On the evening that it will kill its orb-weaving spider host, the larva of the ichneumonid wasp Hymenoepimecis sp.