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 ...

This bird is absolutely fascinating.

A Yale-led research team has developed the first standalone device that produces the liquid fuel methanol using only sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide as the ingredients. The artificial “leaf,” like ...

Dozens of species unknown to science have been recorded by a survey of the Lisima plateau in Angola’s highlands.

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