Newly discovered, the ballista spider rests underneath a leaf during the day. Scientists have witnessed the spider build a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was found in Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, a well-studied region still revealing new species. Scientists know little about ...

This nocturnal rainforest spider has evolved an unusually specialized hunting strategy, using a silk-powered snare to target ...

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, ...

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

There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal sheet webs or tangled cobwebs that ensnare crawling insects. There’s also ...

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have discovered a new species of trapdoor spider lurking in California’s coastal sand dunes. The newly identified Aptostichus ramirezae is a close ...

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

Anewly identified spider from the tropical rainforests of northern Australia has unveiled a hunting technique unlike any ...

Orb webs look a bit like a dart board. ©Donna Bollenbach/Shutterstock.com Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the ...