WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The thick strands of web visible in the sky are from spiders. There have been more of them recently ...

Spiders, more specifically those that have recently hatched, use a behavior called “ballooning” where they release a special silk called gossamer which allows them to be carried by the wind ...

WASHINGTON: A study published in the journal Current Biology has shown that spiders may fly by electric fields that trigger their ballooning and provide lift, even in the absence of air movement.