spider

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Grace teams up with Rocky, a brilliant alien engineer who looks like a cross between a spider and a rock, and is the size of a Labrador.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

In his sister's room in Southampton, Thomas found a cellar spider carrying a ball of eggs in her jaws.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

As the team was wrapping up its final practice in Milan on Saturday, a spider dropped from the ceiling.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Instead, they remain active as the fiber forms, helping to build the intricate nanostructure that gives spider silk its exceptional strength and flexibility.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

A little while later, during Silent Reading, a spider crawled onto Becky Hibble’s book.

From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli