A tiny Australian spider has been found using a silk-powered catapult trap to fling aggressive green tree ants into its web.

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

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

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

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

The ants launched by this spider catapult apparently experience 15 times the G-force felt by fighter jet pilots.

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

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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, ...

With great silk, comes great adaptability. In northern Australia, a newly described “ballista spider” appears to hunt only ...

Named for an ancient Roman crossbow-like weapon, the newly found “ballista” spider uses a springy snare to catch prey.