When it comes to scary-looking spiders, you don't have to be an arachnophobe to find steering clear of the golden silk orb weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) to be a good idea. Sometimes called banana ...

Fossil discoveries in Inner Mongolia have unveiled two rare specimens of an extinct genus of giant spiders, shedding light on the fascinating evolutionary pathways of arachnids during the Jurassic ...

Chris and Martin take a close look at how the golden orb weaver spider spins its web. As a miniaturized Martin climbs a branch, Chris also gets on the miniaturizer so they can see how Orbit the ...

The male orb weavers are much smaller than females and the male’s role is to mate with the female. Since the males are small, it’s not uncommon for them to become the female’s first meal ...

The golden orb weaver on the other hand, spins a tough yellow web which remains a permanent fixture. These webs, which may stretch 2m across, are found throughout the moister forests of the ...

Are orb-weaver spiders dangerous/poisonous? There is little danger of encountering a spider like the Golden Silk Orb Weaver as they are very submissive, and non-aggressive spiders, and most will ...

Once orb-weaver spiders ensnare male fireflies in their webs, they turn the doomed insects into bait, using their telltale flashing to lure in more meals.

One of America's largest spiders is preparing to lay its eggs across the Southeast. After nearly a year of growing and molting, the palm-sized females of the golden silk orb weaver have reached ...

Orb weaver spiders seem to trick male fireflies into blinking in a pattern more like females, researchers report August 19 in Current Biology.

A new study suggests orb-weaving spiders may manipulate the flashes of male fireflies caught in their web to mimic the mating call of a female.

Golden orb-weavers today are mainly tropical, so researchers now believe the ancient environment must have been similarly lush.

Joro spiders belong to a large spider species known as golden silk orb-weavers. They spin oversized webs of gold-colored silk, which is similar to the U.S. native golden silk spider, also known as ...