When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Just in time for Halloween, one of the biggest, most active web-spinning spiders in San Diego has ...

Night after night, Vinodh waited patiently in his garden for orb weaver spiders to spin their webs. He got to know their schedules well, observing that the spiders were more likely to set their traps ...

How does a spider recycle its silk? To meet the high metabolic demands of daily silk production, at least some spiders have developed a way to reuse their silk. Certain orb web-weaving spiders recycle ...