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

An animal welfare coalition plans to hold a rally on Saturday on Taipei’s Ketagalan Boulevard to call for a ban on spring-loaded snare traps. Organizers said the event was inspired by “Banban,” a dog ...

Weaver ants are arboreal ants distributed in South Asia and Australia, and are known to secrete a venom primarily composed of formic acid and to be extremely ferocious and aggressive. The Australian ...

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 ...

Researchers have documented a newly recognised spider that uses a spring-powered silk snare to catch the aggressive green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina. The ant bites what looks like a small silk ...