Discover why only female Darwin's bark spiders produce the strongest silk, surpassing steel in toughness and strength.

Have you ever heard of a spider that eats its own web? Chances are, you probably haven’t, but that is what Darwin’s bark spider is famous for. These spiders eat their own silk to produce more later, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Filmed in Madagascar by Matjaz Gregoric, this video shows a Darwin's bark spider subduing a dragonfly on her web. Females of this newly named ...

What do a golf ball, a parasitised tarantula and Charles Darwin have in common? They are all linked to a variety of fungal specimens scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have archived or ...

Some see them as architectural marvels of nature, while others can hardly bear to look at them: Spider webs both fascinate and frighten. While they usually measure only a few inches in Central ...