NEW YORK — A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey was dubbed the “bone collector.” The odd insect ...

Healers have treated their patients with silk throughout history. Now they're harnessing its strength, biocompatibility, and ...

Have you ever paused in awe at a glistening spider web stretched between branches after a morning rain? There’s something ...

The Expo 2025 opened in Osaka on Sunday with more than 10,000 people singing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony to celebrate the start of the six-month event that Japan hopes will unite the world divided by ...

Over the past few months, the Company has racked up a series of aggressive milestones, positioning itself at the forefront of commercial spider silk production. Kraig Labs logo Recent Milestones ...

researchers Brandi Pessman and Eileen Hebets show that funnel-weaving spiders alter how their silk webs transmit vibrations in response to local noise. This finding suggests that the spiders might ...

About 25 different kinds of these long-legged invertebrates live in the UK, however, what separates them from spiders is their unique bodies and lack of silk glands, which renders them unable to ...

They can manipulate the silk’s properties by adjusting the glands that produce it and then use their legs to spin the silk into various forms for different purposes. Why is spider silk so strong?

The deep silk structure seemed to be embedded proteins that are antiviral. Both the fibroin that forms the silk and the sericin that binds it can hasten the healing of wounds. Thus, from early history ...

Northern yellow sac spiders live across Mississippi and the United States. This spider is nocturnal, and during the day they will hide in silk sacs they create. Northern yellow sac spiders bite more ...

Kraig Labs successfully engineered the largest known spider silk gene insert into silkworm—nearly doubling the previous record, the company said. "This milestone significantly expands the ...

“Brown Recluse Spider” image by Helpasoul via Pixabay Spiders are renowned for their silk-producing abilities, spinning delicate webs that are not only beautiful but practical. Unlike caterpillars ...