Imagine a world where spiders work together to build massive webbed cities. Could they form structured societies, create ...

They’re venomous cannibals, hiding in our homes. With something like fifteen quadrillion spiders around, we can’t escape them ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

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Some animals rely on brute strength to hunt, while others use intelligence, deception, and teamwork to outwit their prey. From orcas creating waves to knock seals off ice floes to anglerfish luring ...

Bolas spiders employ a unique hunting method that involves deception and mimicry. Unlike traditional web-spinning spiders, bolas spiders use a single silk thread with a sticky ball, or “bolas,” at the ...

So-called "zombie spiders" have been discovered in a cave between Co Cavan and Co Fermanagh. They were found by speleologist Tim Fogg in the White Father's Cave. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning ...

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 ...

Insomniac’s follow-up to 2018’s Spider-Man was one of my favourite games of 2023. It’s a pure feast for the eyes that’s every bit as compelling as the first, complete with the best gameplay the team’s ...

Spiders can reach their top running speeds again soon after self-amputating a limb – a trick that could inspire robots that can move more effectively when they are damaged. When threatened by a ...

The fungus changes the spider's behaviour, making it leave its concealed lair or web to die in an exposed position on the roof or walls of a cave. Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences ...