Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

There's more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal ...

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

There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal ...

Anewly identified spider from the tropical rainforests of northern Australia has unveiled a hunting technique unlike any ...

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

A spider that can construct an elaborate booby-trap to catapult prey directly into its web has been discovered lurking in the Australian rainforest.

Flung prey can reach speeds of up to 14.4 feet per second, or a little less than ten miles per hour. An insect will land in ...

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

Scientists have discovered a “ballista spider” that builds a spring-powered silk trap designed specifically to catch aggressive green tree ants. The ant unknowingly triggers the mechanism itself, ...

The dexterity of this black wood spider is remarkable. A large dragonfly had already gotten caught in her web, and she had killed it. Now, she is using silk to wrap it up, a behavior spiders use to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The 'unseen world' of microscopic engineering creates immediate curiosity. The high-speed motion of golden silk emerging from the ...