Spring is the time when many spiders emerge from their winter hiding places and start doing what they do best: spinning webs.

A male long-jawed orb weaver spider uses his huge jaws to avoid getting eaten while mating. In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger ...

In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger female. If he doesn’t get it right, he could become her next meal.

A small spider with pale body and legs and silver-grey markings on the abdomen. It is usually found around the outside of houses and gardens, and is particularly common around windows. Because of ...

Once orb-weaver spiders ensnare male fireflies in their ... foragers,” says Mariella Herberstein at Macquarie University in Australia. “We are discovering more and more cases of highly complex ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. In order to mate, a male long-jawed orb weaver spider has to hook his huge jaws into those of a larger ...