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© ...

Stories of camel spiders and their aggressive nature have been told for generations. Tales of these critters running at high speeds and taking down camels have made the species notorious across the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly discovered, the ballista spider rests underneath a leaf during the day. Scientists have witnessed the spider build a trap ...

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 ...

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 ...

The spider, found in the Australian rainforest, has a unique hunting method: a spring-loaded silk trap that launches its prey through the air — and straight into its web. Researchers are calling the ...

Forget stealing from the mouths of babes, zoologists have observed a similarly heinous crime – spiders stealing food from the mouths of ants. At Mbita Point on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kenya, ...

There’s no easy way to catch a green tree ant. These aggressive arthropods have a powerful bite and can spray acid into the wound. It’s no wonder that few predators dare to hunt them, but scientists ...