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 ...

Spiders have a reputation for being cunning – just look at the Ghanaian folktale Anansi. Now, research suggests that a species of cave-dwelling spiders have cleverly adapted their weaving style to ...

High above the rivers of Madagascar, a small arachnid is quietly rewriting what I thought was possible in nature. The Darwin’s bark spider, already famous for its giant orb webs, has now been ...