Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close-up of weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), weaver ants or rangrang ants, macro weaver ants in a green foliage© ...

Scientists have discovered a spider species deep in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia, that uses a sophisticated snare to trap its aggressive prey. The species is still unnamed, but for now, ...

When most silk-spinning spiders hunt, they build a web and wait for prey to blunder into it. But a newly discovered species from Australia instead uses its silk to craft a spring-loaded, cone-shaped ...