He stopped during a hike to show the tiny sand funnels made by ant lions. Most of them looked harmless, until he found one bigger than any he had seen before. Then an ant slipped into the trap right ...

Mutualistic partnerships between species abound across nature — but it’s a tricky dance to make sure both parties keep ...

This nocturnal rainforest spider has evolved an unusually specialized hunting strategy, using a silk-powered snare to target ...

The Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare that is set off by ants of one species only. The power is in the ...

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

Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

Ant attack! Newly discovered spider uses ingenious 'catapult' to catch prey. A newly discovered spider species in the ...

Fire ants may seem as Texan as two-step, but they're actually invasive. In the late 20th century, researchers spent decades studying how to get rid of them. On her last day of sleepaway camp in 2024, ...

Named for an ancient Roman crossbow-like weapon, the newly found “ballista” spider uses a springy snare to catch prey.

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

The ants launched by this spider catapult apparently experience 15 times the G-force felt by fighter jet pilots.