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 ...

Every so often a spider attaches a thread of silk to something, like an anchor, so that if it falls, it won't fall too far and can drag itself back up to the previous position. Ballooning is another ...

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.