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

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 ...

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

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black widow spiders, scientific name Latrodectus mactans, are among the most venomous of all arachnids. They are found in North ...

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

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

Learn how the newly discovered ballista spider builds a durable snare specialized in trapping a single ant species. A newly discovered spider species has developed a highly sophisticated trap that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spending the summer outdoors means running into a variety of crawling and slithering creatures, whether it's at the lake, on the ...

She began flipping over small boulders to see what she could find, as she often enjoys seeing what critters she could ...