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

Coming face-to-face with creepy crawlies the size of dinner plates is just part and parcel of living in Australia – so much so that sometimes we don’t even notice when they’re right under our noses.

Noble false widow spiders possess a fast-acting neurotoxic venom that causes paralysis in its prey. Niall Carson/PA Wire via ZUMA Press See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New ...

A fascinating study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reveals a groundbreaking discovery about the feeding behavior of sea spiders in methane-rich ecosystems off the ...