Scientists have officially brought genetic engineering to the spider's web. For the first time, researchers have created a gene-edited spider that spins red fluorescent silk. Led by a team at the ...

Researchers have, for the first time ever, used CRISPR gene editing on spiders. While the genetically-modified critters lack the ability to give you spidey senses, they do spin glowing silk. In a ...

Male nursery web spiders persuade females to mate by wrapping food in their own silk, which is laced with attractive chemicals. They then either unwrapped the fly before submerging the silk in ethanol ...