National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 1: Episode 4
Learn about a variety of interesting pest stories like why are mice a menace, the three bees, and a spider zombie lunch. [3:09]
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Charles Griswold: Chat With an Academy Entomologist
In this chat, Geoff discusses spiders at the Academy with entomologist Charles Griswold. [32:15]
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Why Spiders Don't Stick to the Web
William Eberhard, of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the University of Costa Rica, and colleague Daniel Briceno film spiders in the lab, in the field and under a dissecting microscope to untangle this longstanding...
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 2: Episode 16
Learn about a variety of interesting pests like ants, traveling spiders, and the life of a mayfly! [3:30]
National Pest Managment Association
Pest World for Kids: Season 2: Episode 17
Learn about a variety of interesting pest habits like spiders' web-spinning, millipedes' antics, and rats' powerful chompers! [3:35]
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Spiders in Action
An Academy scientist handles both female and male Zoropsis spinimana spiders. [1:07]
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Spider Silk Technology
Daniel Widmaier, a researcher at UCSF, describes why spider silk is so valuable and how making it synthetically can be challenging. [3:22]
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Golden Silk Orbweaver Feeding
Academy biologist Tessa provides a behind the scenes look to feeding golden silk orbweavers (Nephila clavipes), located on the Costa Rica level of the Rainforests of the World exhibit. Like its relatives in Madagascar, this spider weaves...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr Videos: Skunk Bear: Spiders Tune Their Webs Like a Guitar
Pluck the silk of a spiderweb and it vibrates like a guitar string, scientists say. By strumming the strands and detecting the vibrations via sensors in its legs, a spider gets information about meals and mates. [1:18]