Ever stumbled on a spider web that just left you scratching your head? That’s what happened with a TikTok clip featuring this bizarre, sheet-like web that looked more like a stretchy plastic film than ...

Two views of a slingshot spider (Theridiosoma gemmosum) web. The right image shows the web’s cone shape with a spider at the tip. Reproduced with permission of The Company of Biologists.

Nature doesn’t mess around when it comes to survival. One species of spider has come up with a hunting trick – using the ...

The findings, published Thursday (Aug. 28) in the Journal of Animal Ecology, revealed the LED webs attracted three times more prey than the empty webs. When just looking at the number of fireflies ...