What happens when an insect touches a spider’s web? Most web-spinning spiders line their silken threads with droplets of glue, which snag blundering insects. But one group—the cribellate spiders—does ...

Although they're frequently called insects, spiders belong to a closely related class called arachnids. Spiders are helpful to people because they feed on harmful insects. Spiders aren't aggressive or ...

YOU KNOW FALL has arrived when even a quick trip to the mailbox requires wildly waving your arms to avoid tangling with sticky webs. It’s spider season. Suddenly it seems as if the eight-legged ...