It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk ...

In Central Illinois, it’s well established in counties like Champaign, Vermilion, Piatt, Iroquois, Coles, Macon and Sangamon counties, among others. Adults are reddish-brown and about 1/8-inch long.

Spiders all have the ability to bite with venom-injecting fangs to kill prey and nearly all of them are poisonous (even if it's just a little). There are about 40,000 types of spiders in the world ...

Any individual spider can make up to seven different types of silk, but most generally make four to five kinds, says Jonathan Coddington, director of the Global Genome Initiative and senior ...

Spiders adapt the structure and stickiness of their webs to the types of food sources around, new research shows DEPENDING ON THEIR nutrient needs, spiders can customise their webs to catch different ...