In an unprecedented example of hunting specialisation, the ballista spider has evolved a silk-powered snare that targets just one species of ant, launching its prey into the air with astonishing power ...

A tiny Australian spider has been found using a silk-powered catapult trap to fling aggressive green tree ants into its web. The discovery reveals one of nature’s most specialised and mechanical ...

A ginormous and deadly funnel-web spider has been handed in to a reptile park in Australia, where staff said it was the largest of its kind they’d ever seen. Fittingly named Hemsworth, the spider ...