A tiny spider in the rainforests of Queensland has figured out how to hunt prey far more powerful and dangerous than itself, using a weapon that took scientists completely by surprise.

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

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

A recently discovered spider species in Australia’s tropical rainforests has stunned researchers with a hunting technique that launches prey through the air using a spring-loaded silk trap.

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

When most silk-spinning spiders hunt, they build a web and wait for prey to blunder into it. But a newly discovered species from Australia instead uses its silk to craft a spring-loaded, cone-shaped ...