Named for an ancient Roman crossbow-like weapon, the newly found “ballista” spider uses a springy snare to catch prey.

Think spiders are silent? Think again. One species is so loud it can be heard by humans several metres away. Discover the ...

The ballista spider has taken a liking to one specific species of ant and developed a cunning way of hunting it.

A man in New South Wales, Australia, recently had a rare encounter with a lyrebird, a creature that can imitate almost any ...

Recently, a highly camouflaged insect called the Yunnan leaf insect, also known as Cryptophyllium yunnanense, was discovered ...

A spider species found in the Ecuadorian Amazon has evolved to look almost exactly like a dead spider overtaken by parasitic ...

On a nighttime field survey in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a researcher spotted something on the underside of a leaf that looked exactly like a fungus consuming a spider. It had the pale, elongated growths ...

Spiders living in the Amazon rainforest defend themselves from predators using an amazing variety of strategies. One newly ...

Beauty is often said to be in the eye of the beholder. And while that may be true in most cases, the peacock katydid is an ...

A male katydid – a large, leaf-green insect related to crickets – gets roughly two seconds of calling time across an entire night in a Panama rainforest. The rest of his hours pass in silence, tucked ...

In the natural world, survival often depends on deception. Some animals have evolved astonishing abilities to impersonate other species, fooling predators and prey alike. Hoverflies disguise ...

Nature’s best-known predators depend on speed, strength, or venom to catch prey. However, others take a much sneakier approach by disguising themselves as harmless leaves. These masters of camouflage ...