A common expression foreshadowing the topic of this discussion might be, “What goes around, comes around." For instance, if spiders are the worst nightmares of flies, then, to go around, wasps must ...

MUNCIE, Ind. – Spiders are perhaps the most feared invertebrates on the planet. Their eight long legs seem to move almost as if each of them has a mind of their own rather than belonging to one ...

Viewers were paralyzed with fear. An Arizona biologist sent shudders across social media after showcasing the scary, incapacitating effects of a spider wasp’s sting — which can immobilize its victims ...

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

The interactions between spider hosts and parasitoid wasps constitute a remarkable example of co‐evolution, where intricate behavioural and physiological modifications underpin the survival strategies ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

Learn and watch how the incredible wheel spider escapes parasitic wasps in the desert by cartwheeling down slopes.

Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

Embellishments called stabilimenta helped propagate waves along simulated spider webs when prey landed on them, shedding new ...