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SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — EEK! If you are not a fan of spiders — this story may not be for you. But if you can appreciate the powerful role these tiny predators play in nature, then this arachnid is ...

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Water this easygoing houseplant when the soil is dry. This little houseplant is easy for beginners, safe around pets, purifies the air, and is forgiving of neglect. While it’s called spider plant ...

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 ...

In a narrow passage deep inside an underground cavern between Albania and Greece, scientists pushed through waist-deep black water and clung to ropes to make a startling discovery. In the beams of ...

Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the toughest materials known to science. That is, it can absorb massive amounts ...

Spiders' webs cleaning tips: Diwali is approaching. Everyone has started cleaning their homes. Even after cleaning, less than 24 hours pass before spiders re-create their webs, ruining all the hard ...

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