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

Flung prey can reach speeds of up to 14.4 feet per second, or a little less than ten miles per hour. An insect will land in ...

With great silk, comes great adaptability. In northern Australia, a newly described “ballista spider” appears to hunt only ...

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

A newly discovered spider in Queensland builds a four-hour silk catapult that uses aggressive ants to trigger their own ...

The spider, which has yet to be officially named but has been dubbed the ‘ballista spider’, uses web traps to launch prey ...

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

A study from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution showed that Anelosimus studiosus spiders, in particular, have become more aggressive in the wake ...

Technically, all spiders are at least slightly venomous. However, the vast majority of species in the United States are not considered medically significant. Most cases of spider bites that require ...

Wolf spiders have a reputation for being intimidating, and it’s easy to see why. They’re fast, hairy, and large enough to make anyone jump when one scurries across the floor. In Australia and the ...