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Australian 'Ballista' Spider Launches Green Tree Ants With Spring-Loaded Silk Trap

Field videos with lab analyses show the trap stores elastic energy that releases in milliseconds to fling ants into the spider’s web suggesting a rare link between extreme biomechanics and prey specialization.

Scorpions Fortify Stingers and Claws With Metals, Smithsonian Study Finds

Study Reveals Coiled Optic Nerves Behind Chameleons’ Independent Eye Control

Pygmy Seahorse Genome Reveals Gene Loss Behind Coral Mimicry and Stubby Snout

Traskasaura sandrae Named as New Genus, Resolving 40-Year Fossil Mystery

Study Confirms Teeth Evolved from Sensory Armor of Ancient Fish