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: ...

Have you ever entered a seldom-used room, only to be met by an unexpected web clinging to your face? Or perhaps during an early morning walk, you’ve paused to admire the delicate artistry of a web, ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

Craig, Catherine L. 1987. "The Ecological and Evolutionary Interdependence Between Web Architecture and Web Silk Spun by Orb Web Weaving Spiders." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 30, (2) ...