This article demonstrates how to create an intelligent Web spider based on standard Java network objects. The heart of this spider is a recursive routine that can perform depth-first Web searches ...

The researchers described the scene in a recent publication, calling it “an extraordinary colonial spider community.” The unusual find is just one recent development in the weird world of webs.

Have you ever entered a seldom-used room, only to be met by an unexpected web clinging to your face? Or perhaps during an early morning walk, you’ve paused to admire the delicate artistry of a web, ...

NEW ZEALAND -- Video shows a massive spiderweb created by thousands of spiders fleeing a flood in New Zealand. It happened on Sunday, April 16th in Papamoa, a suburb of Tauranga, which had seen ...

Step aside, Van Gogh. Some spiders are out here making self-portraits for survival. New research shows that several orb-weaving species construct giant web-mounted “doppelgängers” convincing enough to ...

MUSKEGON, MI – Walking into a sticky spider web can be a day wrecker, and Michigan’s woods are full of them. The clingy structures attach to faces and clothes and are a pain to remove. That stickiness ...