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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.

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Scientists Name Three New Abyssal Snailfishes Off California

Species Discovery

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

New Walking Shark Species Identified Off Papua New Guinea

Researchers Describe Tiny 'Sesame' Sea Slug From Northern Taiwan

New Venomous Pitviper Identified in China’s Giant Panda National Park

Global Species Discovery Accelerates, University of Arizona Study Finds

Scientists Name Three New Abyssal Snailfishes Off California