The results provide evidence for the hypothesis that spiders crouch to sense differences in web frequencies to locate prey ...

Credit: Preston Innovation Laboratory, Rice University Spider legs only have muscles for retraction, while extension is achieved via a hydraulic mechanism. In the spider’s body, a chamber filled ...

Computational analysis provides new insights into silk's mechanical properties that was unavailable experimentally ...

It turns out that the spiders used mimicry as a defense mechanism against predators ... this magical transformation to ants. Ants have six legs and two long antennae, while spiders have eight ...