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The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...

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Scientists from around the world gathered at UNL to share spider research, challenge misconceptions and celebrate the ...

Opening forest canopies to boost biodiversity may reduce spider diversity, as closed forests support significantly more spider species.

This nocturnal rainforest spider has evolved an unusually specialized hunting strategy, using a silk-powered snare to target a single ant species and launch its prey into the air with remarkable speed ...

A crab spider uses deceptive hunting to sit on a daisy to capture visiting insects, a scene frequently seen in late June.