Animal world
Spiders can lure male fireflies into their nets with their 'love calls'
Research shows that spiders can manipulate the light rays of male fireflies caught in their webs to mimic the 'mating calls of females'
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The strange case that shook the Qianlong period: A series of guests lost their lives because of... spider silk
A party that was going on happily suddenly turned into a crime scene where diners died from poisoning for unknown reasons.
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The truth about how spiders move about on a spider web
Spiders have a special trick that helps them move easily on glue-like filaments on their webs.
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Why can spider web trap the insects?
Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley (USA) have discovered spider webs that trap flying insects (such as butterflies, dragonflies, etc.) with electros…
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Why aren't spider species caught in their own nets?
Over the years, many assumptions have been made to explain why spiders are not caught in their own nets. But until recently the answer to this problem has just been disc…
1001 mystery
Decipher the secret of spider web
A new study has found that spiders have cleverly woven decorative white silk threads that cross as a trick to protect their network from being damaged.
Archeology
The oldest spider web in the world
A spider silk with an entangled insect still intact there was found in a piece of amber in Spain. The amazing thing is that it dates back 110 million years, from the tim…
Biology
The largest spider web in the world can cross a river
Although small and difficult to detect, Darwin's bark spider can create a net enough to cross a 25m wide river.
Biology
The spider is strong enough to stop a train
Superheroes' nets Spiders can actually block a running train like in a movie if it recreates what's available in nature.
Biology
Found a mutant spider web because of radioactive contamination
Scientists are investigating a strange white spider web found in a facility containing nuclear waste. They were afraid that the spider web might have been mutated becaus…
Biology
'Spider web' in Pakistan
The web covered the trees in a village in Pakistan after a terrible flood last summer, creating an unusual sight.
Biology
The spider web is 25 m long
Scientists have discovered the world's largest spider web in the island nation of Madagascar with a length of up to 25 m.
Biology
The mysterious giant spider web
Entomologists are arguing about the origin of a rare spider web covering a few big trees, countless shrubs and spreading on the ground along 180 meters of a trail in a p…
Animal world
The world's most exclusive spider egg wrap makes the researcher happy
If the bite of the funnel spider web is not fatal, it can still make the victim seriously ill.
Animal world
The little things people know about spiders
Spider is always an obsession for most of us not only in real life but also in movies. But is it all scary?