Studying how animals pick up information can be hard, but web-building spiders give scientists a special chance to look at how external tools (like spider webs) help filter out the noises they don’t ...

“Given their incredible abundance, mayflies are key members of local food webs.” Instead of looking for adult mayflies, researchers were searching for aquatic immature mayflies, known as ...

Spider-Man is one of the most popular superheroes ever created, and just like others, this character had several adaptations for the big screen. It started with the original ‘Spider-Man’ movie ...

The boots and arm sleeves are splashed with white, along with the spider webs under his arms that allow Takuya to glide, and the scarf around his neck. The spider emblem on his chest also has a ...

DEDHAM, Maine — The Maine Forest Service is encouraging Mainers to remove browntail moth webs from trees before caterpillars emerge in April. Browntail moths are a harmful invasive species. Not only ...

Researchers compared spiders from rural and urban environments and found they change how they build their webs when exposed to noisy conditions—but a spider’s coping strategy varied based on ...

But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. A Ukrainian air defense unit illuminating a hole in the steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last month. The fire started by the ...

Researchers have found evidence that a common North American spider species alters its webs to deal with urban noise pollution. By Joshua Rapp Learn There’s nothing worse than a noisy neighbor ...