For tufted golden orb weavers, losing a leg is better than losing their life. This is an Inside Science story. (Inside Science) -- Some male spiders sacrifice their own front legs to their female ...

The male orb-weaver is able to move nearly three feet in a single second with powerful hydraulic pressure built up in the joint on his first pair of legs. Researchers found males needed their first ...

Male Philoponella prominens orb weaver spiders are the kangaroos of the arachnid world. "Using a mechanism that hadn't been described before, the male spiders use a joint in their first pair of ...

These male orb weavers probably acquired their jumping abilities to counter females’ cannibalistic tendencies, Zhang says. The spiders’ leap to survival is a “fantastic kinetic performance. ...

The yellow-orb weaver spider, is common throughout the Lowcountry of South Carolina. While its presence can frighten us, the spider doesn’t bite unless molested and the venom is relatively harmless.

A male orb-weaver spider prepares to catapult away from a female after mating. The action takes place immediately after the encounter. Image source: Shichang Zhang / YouTube.

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 ...

Spiders are clever, cunning creatures, as evidenced by their hunting strategies. According to a new study, the arachnids are even craftier than we thought. Researchers in China discovered that ...

Have you seen small orange spiders hanging out inside or near your home? We've got the scoop on what they are and how best to deal with them.

“A male orb weaver has a sort of a loose thread attached near the web and to him that he can immediately transfer to and swing away on like Tarzan,” Crawford said. ...