Spiders lack the muscles to naturally lift prey much larger than themselves. Think about it this way: Even a trained athlete who weighs 220 pounds can only bench press 380 pounds.

In the Karakamia woodland area, 50 kilometers (31 miles) away from the zoo, the team collected more two-dimensional orb webs from Araneidae and Phonognathidae spider families.

SARAH HAN: There's a huge diversity of webs and the ways that spiders use these webs to try to catch prey. DANIEL: Take the tiny ray spider.

Spiders are intriguing creepy crawlies, and now, scientists have discovered that some spiders lure prey in using a terrifyingly smart tactic that may give you nightmares. According to new research ...

We talk about “spiders” as if they are one thing, but spiders are not all alike. Some are big, some are small, some spin webs to catch prey, some don’t.