Unlike Mars' infamous “spiders”—formed by the sublimation of carbon dioxide ice—the boxwork deposits bear a closer resemblance to terrestrial features found in Earth’s caves. These ...

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TL;DR: NASA has designated the giant "spiderwebs" on Mars as the next exploration target for the Curiosity rover, which will travel to an area known as "boxwork." NASA has selected giant Martian ...

Remarkably, some spiders use much the same strategy. Slingshot, or ray spiders (Theridiosoma gemmosum) pull the centre of their flat web back, to form a cone with the spider at the tip, keeping the ...

So I'm thinking we've all seen a spider spinning a web at some point - probably a web that functions as a kind of barrier to ensnare unsuspecting insects. Turns out another kind of spider uses its ...

So I'm thinking we've all seen a spider spinning a web at some point - probably a web that functions as a kind of barrier to ensnare unsuspecting insects. Turns out another kind of spider uses its web ...