It was a spider! And clearly, this clever creature had set the scene for the perfect camouflage. "The observed female must have actively lifted dead leaves from the forest floor to attach them to a ...

Most spiders wait for prey to fly into their webs — not slingshot spiders The tiny ray spider uses its ... But then the spider strings a thread from the center of the web to a nearby rock or twig.

"Spider webs, it turns out, can take quite a beating without failing. ... twig, or strong wind. For a spider, taking extra time to design a web means saving energy down the road. ...

This spider accelerates faster than a rocket. Triangle weaver spiders store astonishing amounts of energy in their webs, a skill unique in the animal kingdom, a new study says.

But then, the spider strings a thread from the center of the web to a nearby rock or twig. It then grabs the middle of the web with its back legs and then pulls itself along that tension line with ...

Alternatively, the spider fixes the line to one support (such as a twig), then, as it trails silk, it walks down to the ground and back up another twig, where it stops, pulls the line tight, and ...

The scientists spied and photographed the unusual arachnid in 2011, while looking for other types of spiders in Yunnan, China. They found the individual — a female — on a twig, surrounded by ...

It was a spider! And clearly, this clever creature had set the scene for the perfect camouflage. "The observed female must have actively lifted dead leaves from the forest floor to attach them to a ...