In an unprecedented example of hunting specialisation, the ballista spider has evolved a silk-powered snare that targets just one species of ant, launching its prey into the air with astonishing power ...

But since the region depends on agriculture, people depended on melting mountains to irrigate barley, apples, and other crops that sustain the village and business.However, the natural melting of ...

A newly discovered spider from Australia uses its silk to craft a spring-loaded, cone-shaped death trap that catapults its prey into the spider’s main web.

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 ...

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 ...