MEDFORD, Mass. (WKRC) - Researchers claim to have developed a sticky fibrous substance that can rapidly solidify to pull objects, similar to Spider-Man's iconic webslingers. Scientists from Tufts ...

Do you hate spiders? Their legs, their eyes, and oh man, their webs. Well, it turns out that they don’t like you much either. Imagine that you’ve stumbled into the belly of the beast, and now you're ...

MUSKEGON, MI – Walking into a sticky spider web can be a day wrecker, and Michigan’s woods are full of them. The clingy structures attach to faces and clothes and are a pain to remove. That stickiness ...

All played roles as three researchers at the University of Wyoming attempted to answer a basic question about nature: What makes spider webs sticky? The scientists say they now have the answer. Turns ...

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...