Researchers discovered two new species of trapdoor spiders in northern Australia with uniquely engineered burrows, enhancing ...

Imagine a caterpillar with soft, fancy, velvety skin; that’s what a velvet worm looks like. However, unlike most caterpillars ...

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

The velvet worm is pretty cute as invertebrate predators ... is very unusual and faster than the better-known silk spinning by spiders. Prof. Ali Miserez “It is stored as a viscous liquid ...

Spiders stretch their silk when spinning their webs. Researchers knew that this was important to strengthen the silk fibres but only now has it been discovered why. A new study reveals, through ...

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We could examine how drawing relates to the silk’s mechanical properties.” Northwestern Jacob Graham, the study’s first author, said, “Spiders perform the drawing process naturally; when they spin ...

To go further: How do spiders produce their silk? Spiders manufacture their silk in specialized glands, where soluble proteins are transformed into solid fibers. This process, called spinning, is ...

It highlights the dedication of farmers who cultivate mulberry trees to feed silk worms, emphasizing the labor-intensive cycle from raising the worms to spinning silk from their cocoons.

Credit: Washington University at St. Louis Spiders don’t just spin webs—they engineer them. By stretching their silk as they spin, spiders strengthen the fibers at the molecular level, aligning ...

According to the new study, it is the pulling or stretching action that gives spider silk the remarkable strength it is known for. “When they spin silk out of their silk gland, spiders use ...

When they weave their webs, spiders pull their silk threads. New simulations show stretching during spinning causes the protein chains within the fibers to align and the number of hydrogen bonds ...