Witness an orb-weaving spider using silk wrappings to immobilize grasshopper prey
A black-and-yellow argiope (Argiope aurantia) capturing a grasshopper in its orb web.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Archaeopteryx is the earliest known dinosaur that's also a bird.
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© American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Description of the use of spider combs.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flying, perching, and fishing in the Chilkat River valley of southern Alaska.
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Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Musopen String Quartet/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Time-lapse video of a spider building a web, devouring it, and building a new one.
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crbellette—Creatas Video+/Getty ImagesA male peacock spider (Maratus volans) performing his mating dance. His showy abdominal flaps are accentuated with dramatic movements of his third pair of legs.
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