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

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

Spiders are famous aesthetes. Many craft radially symmetric webs, first extruding long silken spokes and then spinning ...

Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old ...

The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

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

Spiders’ webs come in all shapes and sizes, from funnel webs to sheet webs and the classic orb web – the sort you imagine for ...

Spiders are getting in the spooky season spirit across San Diego, setting up sticky webs to ensnare sidewalk passersby right before Halloween. The big picture: But the arachnids don't actually care ...

Celebrate Halloween at school with creative, fun, and academic activities! From STEM challenges and collaborative games to ...

Some spiders don’t just spin webs — they listen through them. Researchers found that orb-weavers can sense vibrations on ...

WITH Halloween nearly upon us, many households will be carving pumpkins to celebrate. And if you’ve ever been dismayed to ...

One season where the weirdest ideas win? Halloween. The spookier, the better. It’s time to embrace your inner ghost and give ...