Spider webs are nature’s perfect traps: sticky and delicate, yet strong enough to catch insects many times larger than the ...

It’s spider season, and for some, it’s a daunting experience to get rid of spiders when they find their way inside your home. Although you can take precautions to stop them from entering by spraying ...

An orb-weaver spider’s web works by forming a barely visible, sticky net stretched across likely flight paths, such that flying insects accidentally crash into it, allowing the spider to eat them. The ...

Question: Every summer I get spider webs on the underside of my porch roofs. I do not see any spiders when I inspect them ...

Entomologist Sarah Han has always been into spiders. "I grew up in California and there are a lot of black widows," says Han. "I would keep them as pets. One day, one of them escaped. That's a mistake ...

Spiders have been active since the weather began to warm in spring. They have grown and changed much but are still with us now as the summer season approaches the end. We tend to think of webs when it ...

It's a great time to see some midsummer happenings in nature. The warm days, often with scattered thundershowers at the end following an early morning of dew, keep us looking. My daily walks along the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up glowing spider web or cobweb with dew hanging on the grass in the early morning. Golden sunrise shines on spider web and ...