Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), weaver ants or rangrang ants, macro weaver ants in a green foliage© ...

When an ant bit into a suspicious spider silk clump that appeared like an enemy, the taut spider silk snapped free. At that moment, the ant was catapulted into the air with an acceleration of about ...

Scientists have discovered a “ballista spider” that builds a spring-powered silk trap designed specifically to catch aggressive green tree ants. The ant unknowingly triggers the mechanism itself, ...

A new spider species has been discovered in the rainforests of north Queensland that is capable of weaving powerful spring-like snares that trap and launch prey at an astonishing speed. The ...

(NewsNation) — Scientists have discovered a spider that hunts by creating its own catapult. The spider, found in the Australian rainforest, has a unique hunting method: a spring-loaded silk trap that ...

Chalk up another entry into the canon of animals that definitively use tools in order to find a meal–in addition to the likes of primates, dolphins, octopuses and certain birds, you can now add ...

Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren't actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...