A spider-web Janus membrane combines directional moisture transport, heat modulation, triboelectric power generation and ...
Male nursery web spiders (Pisaura mirabilis) use the sense of smell in their legs to find mates. Researchers at the University of Greifswald used an electron microscope to discover "olfactory hairs" ...
The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The ...
Two Cyclosa orb weavers craft spider-shaped decoys from leaves, silk, and dead insects, tricking birds and lizards.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed stunning, unprecedented details of the Red Spider Nebula using its Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam). This new image, for the first time, fully ...
According to NASA, the NIRCam on the JWST has near infrared imagery that provided high-resolution imagery for the ...