A newly identified Australian spider uses a spring-loaded silk snare to hurl green tree ants into its web at accelerations of ...

The same camouflage might also let it catch prey without drawing attention.

A newly discovered spider in Queensland builds a four-hour silk catapult that uses aggressive ants to trigger their own ...

Scientists have discovered a new Amazonian spider with an astonishing disguise: it looks like a parasitic fungus. The species ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a remarkable new spider species in the rainforest of North Queensland ...

Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of ...

A newly discovered spider uses an ingenious method to launch its prey into the air, named after an ancient Roman weapon. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Australian scientists have discovered a new species of the deadly funnel-web spider that is bigger and more venomous than its ...

Many people assume that releasing a house spider outdoors is a kinder alternative to leaving it inside. The logic seems ...