Ingenious web construction and energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super powers to lift animals too heavy for the spiders' tiny muscles to support.

Arachnid evolution involved multiple land transitions, not just one. Spiders and scorpions evolved key traits through gene ...

Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has just made a scientific breakthrough by creating a new type of silk inspired by caddisflies, ...

Silkworm farming in China involves a fascinating blend of ancient techniques and modern technology to efficiently harvest ...

A new study challenges traditional views on arachnid evolution, suggesting that the transition from water to land occurred multiple times rather than in a single event. The research also highlights ...

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Department of Protein Science, AlbaNova University Center, Roslagstullsbacken 21, SE-106 91 ...

Oh what a tangled web we weave when the multiverse becomes part of Spider-Man canon. The Spider-Man film franchise started simply enough, with 2002’s “Spider-Man.” Fast forward 20 years and ...

In addition to being smooth and soft on the skin, silk is temperature-regulating and hypoallergenic, making it an excellent material to sleep in. And while it isn’t exactly known for being cheap ...

Spider-Man has been fortunate enough to be one of those superheroes adapted to many video games, starting in the 70s and going up to the 2020s, with dozens of games in the Marvel hero's history.