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

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

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, ...

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

A new species of spider that weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single ant species has been discovered in the remote ...