Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ogre-faced spider or net casting spider of genus Deinopis. These nocturnal spiders have huge eyes allowing them to see during the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant attack! Newly discovered spider uses ingenious 'catapult' to catch prey. A newly discovered spider species in the rainforests ...

A new species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant has been discovered in the remote rainforests of northern Australia. Researchers believe the nocturnal ...

A spider that can construct an elaborate booby-trap to catapult prey directly into its web has been discovered lurking in the Australian rainforest. The nocturnal “ballista” spider spends hours at ...

Tangle-web spiders can catch prey up to 50 times their size thanks to their pulley system-like hunting strategy. Photo by Emanuele Olivetti It sounds like a scene out of a horror movie. A hapless ...

Spider uses unique web trap to catch prey Researchers have discovered that the Ballista Spider uses a spring-loaded web trap to catch its prey.

The brown recluse is an active hunter, spinning a web for place of shelter rather than a trap for unsuspecting prey. They are small, with a leg span of around 25mm, and, as their name suggests, are ...

What makes spider silk so extraordinarily strong and elastic at the same time? This was the focus of recent investigations carried out by researchers from the University of Greifswald, the University ...

Spiders are the master hunters of the insect world. Their agility, eyesight, and speed are second to none when it comes to catching prey. Driven by the need to feed, most wait in shadowed corners of ...