Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Ajay Narendra A spider that can construct an elaborate booby-trap to catapult prey directly into its web has been ...

Tangle-web spiders can catch prey up to 50 times their size thanks to their pulley system-like hunting strategy. Photo by Emanuele Olivetti It sounds like a scene out of a horror movie. A hapless ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant attack! Newly discovered spider uses ingenious 'catapult' to catch prey. A newly discovered spider species in the rainforests ...

A spider that can construct an elaborate booby-trap to catapult prey directly into its web has been discovered lurking in the Australian rainforest. The nocturnal “ballista” spider spends hours at ...