The long-standing mystery around why spider webs sometimes feature "extra touches" known as stabilimenta has been revisited ...

Silk decorations in spider webs aren’t just for show. They may help spiders “hear” their prey through vibrations.

The purpose of stabilimenta within the web is unclear. They could help collect water, regulate a spider’s body temperature, ...

Researchers used computer models to simulate if and how these features influence prey affect vibrations of orb-weavers' webs ...

Researchers simulated the effects that different web decorations had on vibrations, adding fresh insight to a decades-old ...

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven patterns that are typically made of a different kind of silk than ...

A study shows that spider web decorations help spiders locate prey by spreading vibrations across more silk threads.

New research reveals that spider web decorations enhance prey detection by optimizing vibration travel, impacting biology and ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs.

Sardinian spiders are decorating their webs with elaborate patterns, baffling scientists for years. New research suggests ...

F or decades, arachnologists debated the actual purpose of stabilimenta, a special thread spiders weave into their webs. Now, ...

Spiders’ webs come in all shapes and sizes, from funnel webs to sheet webs and the classic orb web – the sort you imagine for ...