In this video, An Knook shares her first attempt at a Halloween-inspired makeup look. The design features a spider web motif, showcasing her passion for makeup and creativity. Despite some challenges ...

Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations known as stabilimenta to their webs. Trilobites Scientists offer a new idea for why orb-weaving arachnids add decorations ...

October 21, 2025: Two months ago, Ukraine launched a surprise drone attack on five Russian air bases located across Russia. The farthest target was over 4,000 kilometers from Ukraine. Three targeted ...

PHOENIX — In a epic battle of comic-book treatment, a Tucson attorney has lost his legal fight with Marvel Comics over the rights to a Spider-Man web blaster. In a 6-3 ruling this morning, the U.S.

Nature-made Halloween decorations looming around your porch? Well, you’re not the only one. Joro spiders are a massive invasive species invading the South, but how? Well, they’ve been around since ...

Q. My wife and I watch grackles each morning when they come to the mealworms in a small flock like a motorcycle gang of thugs. Redbirds, titmice and wrens take a backseat. When a grackle is on the ...

The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems. Environmental DNA, or eDNA, has become a popular method. It involves taking a ...

Happy Halloween, Short Wavers! In today's news round-up, we've got only treats. Hosts Regina Barber and Emily Kwong fill in NPR's Ailsa Chang on a debate in spider web architecture, how the details ...

Hanging by a thread: Wasp spiders, Argiope bruennichi, are known to incorporate so-called “stabilimenta” into their web structure, but the function of these “extra touches” has remained unknown.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...