If you're worried about an infestation, professional spider pest control is our first recommendation, but smaller infestations can sometimes be managed effectively with DIY solutions like traps or ...

Orb-weaver spiders produce fine threads made of nanofibers, arranged like beads on a string with puffs and intermediate zones. The spiders have an organ called a cribellum, which pushes out silk ...

Funny thing about Venus flytraps: They don't usually trap flies. In fact, winged insects only make up 5% of their diet. Sorenson: We really ought to be calling it the Carolina spider trap.

Mariella is an assistant editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience, and her work has appeared in Drug Discovery News and Massive Science.