Yes, spiders sleep. Sleeping behavior is very noticeable in jumping spider species that dangle from their silk at night. Experts can tell spiders are "sleeping" based on a series of body twitches that ...

A tethered mosquito approaches the web in the path of release of the cone, and triggers web release response. Credit: S.I. Han and T.A. Blackledge, 2024. Ray spiders deploy an unusual strategy to ...

Theridiosoma gemmosum webs. The spider is at the central hub of both webs. Credit: Journal of Experimental Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1242/jeb.249237 Armed with a net and trident, fisherman gladiators ...

If you find yourself running into spiderwebs everywhere you go, you're not alone. Spiders seem to be everywhere in the fall. The webs multiply, draping across sidewalks, stretching across paths in the ...

The Joro spider, an invasive species from Asia, has been spotted in several U.S. states, including Tennessee. Female Joro spiders can grow to be the size of a human palm, while males are significantly ...