A tiny spider in the rainforests of Queensland has figured out how to hunt prey far more powerful and dangerous than itself, ...

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

A recently discovered spider species in Australia’s tropical rainforests has stunned researchers with a hunting technique ...

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, ...

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

A yet unnamed Australian spider weaponizes silk to hunt a single ant species. With great silk, comes great adaptability.

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

The spider, which has yet to be officially named but has been dubbed the ‘ballista spider’, uses web traps to launch prey ...