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Spider Builds Spring-Loaded Ballista Snare to Catapult Green Tree Ants

Researchers show the spider stores elastic energy in bundled silk to launch green tree ants.

Amazon Spider Disguises Itself as Spider-Killing Fungus

New Himalayan ‘Happy-Face’ Spider Confirmed as Species Separate From Hawaii’s

Scorpions Fortify Stingers and Claws With Metals, Smithsonian Study Finds

New Wall-Dwelling Spider Named for Pink Floyd Takes Prey Six Times Its Size

Scientists Name New Tarantula Genus With Record-Long Male Palps

Genomic Study Splits Mites and Ticks Into Two Independent Lineages

ZSI Describes Two New Jumping Spider Species From Meghalaya

Scientists Document World’s Largest Known Spider Web in Sulfur Cave on the Albania–Greece Border

Scientists Report World’s Largest Spider Web in Sulfur Cave on Greece–Albania Border

Study Finds 106-Square-Meter Cave Web on Albania–Greece Border Hosting About 110,000 Spiders

Scientists Document 106-Square-Meter Spider Web Hosting About 111,000 Spiders

Study Finds World’s Largest Spider-Web Complex in Sulfur Cave on Greece–Albania Border

Scientists Document 100-Square-Metre Cave Web Housing About 110,000 Spiders

Possible Largest Spider Web, Home to 111,000 Spiders, Documented in Balkan Cave

UC Davis Study Splits Coastal Trapdoor Spider Into Two Species, Naming Aptostichus ramirezae

Lost 'White-Knuckled' Wolf Spider Rediscovered on Isle of Wight After 40 Years

Spider Web Decorations Steer Vibrations, May Aid Prey Detection

Spider Season Intensifies Across the UK as Warm Summer Brings Earlier Surge Into Homes and Cars

Sheet Web Spiders Use Trapped Fireflies’ Glow as Bait, Study Finds