BiVACOR has made the world’s first titanium heart and is hoping to manufacture the device commercially in Australia and the ...

Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...

Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the ...

"Spiders do not usually run towards people when they sense danger. This would be like humans running towards something like Godzilla," said spider scientist Sebastian Echeverri.

A new study provides detailed insights into the embryogenesis and eye development of the cave-dwelling spider Tegenaria ...

Large numbers of spiders are entering Oxfordshire homes as Europe’s largest spider was found at a nursery. The Spanish funnel-web spider, which is thought to be Europe’s largest, was spotted at a ...

Researchers long have been interested in spider silk because of its remarkable properties. It’s stronger than steel, tougher ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn't just help the spider release the silk, it's also a crucial step in ...

Researchers at the Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, present a robotics concept in which temporary robot ...

A Spanish funnel-web spider (Macrothele calpeiana), recognized as Europe’s largest spider, has made an unexpected journey to ...

Verse. Marvel has been teasing a multiversal war between the Spider-Verse and Venomverse, with the fate of each at stake: the ...

Sydneysiders can expect are surge in funnel-web spiders this autumn. Picture: Supplied Australian Reptile Park seeking funnel web spider donations. Picture: Supplied Spider keeper Emma Teni said ...