A brown huntsman is the quickest of more than 250 species analysed by scientists in the UK and Germany ...

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

Lead researcher Professor Ajay Narendra said the trap may even be chemically baited.

Researchers tested more than 160 spider species from around the world to determine which arachnid is the quickest on eight ...

Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

Australian spider declared world’s fastest after record-breaking sprint - Researchers find running speed of spider is related ...

Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of spider engineering never before observed.

Explore an encounter with an Australian funnel web spider and learn more about this fascinating species. The video highlights ...

There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large vertical orb webs, while others build horizontal ...

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

One of Australia's biggest and deadliest spiders is actually three different species, researchers discover — and one of these behemoth arachnids is even bigger than the rest. Sydney funnel-web spiders ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by a ...