New research has identified how social spiders evolved different ways of hunting in groups. While these spiders have evolved socially similar behaviors -- living in large family groups that share both ...

Anewly identified spider from the tropical rainforests of northern Australia has unveiled a hunting technique unlike any previously recorded. The species, dubbed the “ballista spider,” uses a ...

Conservation efforts to let more sunlight into managed forests have proven remarkably effective at boosting biodiversity, but ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A species of "social" spider hunts in packs among webs woven by ...

Since the mid-20th century, ecologists have been studying how the availability of prey affects the rate at which predators kill and consume it. Depending on the animals and the ecosystem, predators do ...

A small Australian spider uses a Cirque du Soleil-worthy tactic to prey on fierce ants. By Sam Jones Spiders have no shortage of strategies to capture their prey. Some hunt in packs, others set traps ...

For one tiny Australian spider, somersaulting is the secret to taking on ants twice its size. The hunting maneuver hasn’t been found in any other spider species, researchers report September 19 in the ...

New research has identified how social spiders evolved different ways of hunting in groups. Spiders are normally solitary creatures but a few species have evolved to be social and live in groups, ...