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

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

Researchers have documented a newly recognised spider that uses a spring-powered silk snare to catch the aggressive green ...

Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of spider engineering never before observed.

Researchers discovered a new `ballista spider` that uses a spring-powered silk trap to capture green tree ants.

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, ...

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

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

New spider that hunts dangerous ants using a spring-loaded trap discovered by scientists in Australia - A ballista spider’s trap can launch ants at an acceleration comparable to a severe car crash ...

A spider living in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia, builds a snare trap reminiscent of a Roman-era ballista weapon that it uses to catapult green tree ants into a web 30 centimetres above ...