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

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

What appeared to be a tiny mushroom clinging to the underside of a leaf in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest was actually something ...

Spiders living in the Amazon rainforest defend themselves from predators using an amazing variety of strategies. One newly ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A brand new species of tarantula has been discovered lurking in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have discovered two new tarantula species on the slopes of ...

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 ...

Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species in Cuba that is bigger and hairier than other spiders in its genus. A new study, "A hairy giant among dwarves," published this month in the Journal ...