Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

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

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

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, ...

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

In fact, this newly discovered species, which scientists are calling the ballista spider, hunts green tree ants exclusively ...

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

New spider that hunts dangerous ants using a spring-loaded trap discovered by scientists in Australia - A ballista spider’s ...

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

Learn how the newly discovered ballista spider builds a durable snare specialized in trapping a single ant species. A newly discovered spider species has developed a highly sophisticated trap that ...