Australia’s huntsman fastest spider recorded in new study
Anyone who has experienced a brown huntsman run at them knows these spiders are fast, but a new…
The ‘ballista spider’: Scientists discover a tiny spider that launches ants with 140 times the force of gravity |
Deep in the rainforests of far north Queensland, Australia, scientists have discovered a tiny spider with an extraordinary…
New spider discovered in Queensland uses ‘ballista’ web to trap prey
A bizarre species of spider from the remote rainforests of Far North Queensland springs a nasty surprise when…
Hunt on for venomous false widow spider ‘hotspots’
“We thought that with the level of interest in this spider, we would hear a bit more from…
World’s largest-known spider’s web reveals different species “having a party” instead of preying on each other
What is thought to be the world’s largest-known spider’s web, housing tens of thousands of arachnids, has been…
China tests deep-sea ‘Spider’ to track ghostly cosmic neutrinos
Chinese scientists have made a major step in the hunt for elusive subatomic particles called neutrinos. Researchers from…
China gears up to build giant South China Sea lab in hunt for ghost particles
Chinese researchers have tested a submersible vehicle designed to help them build one of the world’s largest neutrino…
Nocturnal Spiders Use Trapped Fireflies as Glowing Bait to Attract Additional Prey, Study Confirms
Sheet-web spiders Psechrus clavis have been known to use their body color and webs as visual cues to…