Beautifully weird and astonishingly intricate. And the banana spiders of South Carolina are no exception. An encounter with a golden orb weaver or a Banana Spider. Take a closer look. One of your ...

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Simulations showed that stretching aligns protein chains and increases hydrogen bonds, which act like tiny bridges between ...

The protein used to make the silk is a precious resource for the spider so it is not surprising that they do not want to waste it. Some orb weavers ingest their silk and systematically dismantle their ...

These graceful spiders build classic, geometric webs between tree branches or structures. "If you see a large web glowing in the moonlight it is commonly the web of an orb weaver," says Ali.

By extruding engineered spider silk proteins and then stretching them by hand, the team has developed artificial fibers similar to threads from the golden silk orb weaver, a large spider with a ...

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An American and a Japanese were among people who helped identify the mystery spider sac photographed by a Singaporean. Read ...