In Chapter 15, “Above the Falls,” author Jonathan Meiburg recounts an evening on a research expedition near the Rewa River in Guyana.

Using their silk threads as a catapult, members of a family of orb-weaving arachnids rocket themselves and their webs through the air to capture prey.

The tropical net-casting spider Deinopis spinosa joins several other arachnid species that can hear sounds from afar without the help of a web, or even ears—an ability that aids its unique hunting tactics.

After the initial announcements of two retractions, scientists have mobilized to interrogate the data in nearly 150 of Jonathan Pruitt’s papers.

Buoyancy techniques used by spiders and ants inspire the development of floating aluminum discs.

A type of jumping spider called Afraflacilla had never been documented in India—until now.

Funnel-web spiders change the timing of their distinct courtship behavior depending on what microbes they’re carrying.

Spotted coin spider colors are a Swiss army knife of deception, bringing food closer, and keeping assailants at bay.

Over the course of their lives, the jumping spider Synemosyna formica wears two different ant disguises to fool preying birds.