Spider-Man, as a character, inherently lends himself well to horror, and Marvel demonstrated this perfectly by turning his ...

then his web-slinging antics are more realistic than they might appear. Now, spider silk doesn't look very durable. After all, a strand can be as little as 1/40th the thickness of a human hair.

The tiny ray spider uses its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice with comic book characters, this ability is unusual in spiders.

The venomous bite of the funnel-web spider, which is indigenous to eastern Australia, has been known to kill a human in as little as 15 minutes without medical treatment. The species is ...