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What It Means To Go 'Web-Walking' On A Hike And Why You May Want To Avoid It

If you're an avid hiker, you may have heard the term "web-walking" before, and unfortunately it has nothing to do with Spider ...
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Spider Silk Is Stronger Than You Think—Here’s What It Can Do

The number of times I have walked into a spider web is pretty comical. At first, I saw them as a nuisance during my forest adventures, but upon a closer look with my macro lens, I began to notice that ...
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Weather Talk: Why are there more spider webs in the fall?

OKAY. THAT’S WHY I KNOW IT’S KIND OF GROSS, RIGHT? BUT IT HAPPENED TO ME ON MONDAY. SO WHEN IT HAPPENED TO ME ON MONDAY, OF COURSE I HAD TO LOOK IT UP. SO I’M GOING TO DO A SEGMENT ON TV AND I’M SURE ...
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Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before

A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. By Adeel Hassan Even in a pitch-black cave, what appears ...