The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...

The Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare that is set off by ants of one species only. The power is in the ...

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

Lead researcher Professor Ajay Narendra said the trap may even be chemically baited.

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

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

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 ...

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, ...

In northern Australia, a newly described “ballista spider” appears to hunt only one species: the green tree ant. Its ...

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

Ant attack! Newly discovered spider uses ingenious 'catapult' to catch prey. A newly discovered spider species in the ...