YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – A spider web on a wood pile flutters in a gentle wind. When people think of spider webs, they usually think of orb webs, the “Charlotte’s Web” circular designs that shine in ...

These circular creations are made by a class of spiders called orb weavers that includes lots of common garden spiders. They adjust their design based on which insects they’re most likely to capture: ...

In Taiwan’s forests, researchers discovered a clever hunting trick by the sheet web spider Psechrus clavis. Instead of immediately devouring captured fireflies, the spiders allow them to glow in the ...