You don’t want the brown huntsman spider coming at you. The creepy-crawly might be the fastest spider species in the ...

Australian spider declared world’s fastest after record-breaking sprint - Researchers find running speed of spider is related to body weight and leg length ...

Researchers tested more than 160 spider species from around the world to determine which arachnid is the quickest on eight legs ...

Some spiders move so fast they leave scientists questioning the official world record, and the reigning champion may not ...

The Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare that is set off by ants of one species only. The power is in the ...

Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.

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Scientists discovered that the Australian “ballista spider” uses a silk cone trap to catapult prey into its web, a feat of spider engineering never before observed.

Scientists in Australia have discovered the fossilized remains of a trapdoor spider, the largest to date in the country. The fossilized spider was found near Gulgong, New South Wales, last week by a ...

Two fossilised spiders have been found entombed in iron-rich sediments at a recently discovered site in New South Wales, Australia. One is the second biggest fossil spider that has ever been uncovered ...

A team of Australian scientists led by Australian Museum (AM) and University of New South Wales (UNSW) paleontologist Dr. Matthew McCurry have formally named and described a fossil spider, ...