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Queensland Spider Builds Spring-Loaded 'Ballista' to Fling Green Tree Ants

High-speed footage shows the trap fires at more than 1,300 m/s², suggesting the spider may use a species-specific chemical lure that still needs testing.

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4mo ago

Scientists Name New Tarantula Genus With Record-Long Male Palps

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5mo ago

Study Confirms First Ant Species With No Males or Workers

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7mo ago

Sparser Tongue Hairs Leave Queen Bumblebees Worse at Nectar Gathering, PNAS Study Finds

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8mo ago

Parasitic Ant Queens Orchestrate Worker-Led Matricide, Study Finds

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9mo ago

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

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9mo ago

Newly Discovered Fungus Manipulates Spiders into 'Zombie-Like' Behavior

Behavioral Ecology

Queensland Spider Builds Spring-Loaded 'Ballista' to Fling Green Tree Ants

Scientists Name New Tarantula Genus With Record-Long Male Palps

Study Confirms First Ant Species With No Males or Workers

Sparser Tongue Hairs Leave Queen Bumblebees Worse at Nectar Gathering, PNAS Study Finds

Parasitic Ant Queens Orchestrate Worker-Led Matricide, Study Finds

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

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

Study Finds Rodent Thumb Nail Widespread and Key to Food Handling

New Tarantula Genus Satyrex Unveiled With Record-Long Male Palps

Behavioral Drive Preceded Dental Evolution in Early Hominins

Newly Discovered Fungus Manipulates Spiders into 'Zombie-Like' Behavior