A team of researchers at Macquarie University, in Australia, working with two colleagues from Universität Hamburg, in Germany, has uncovered the means by which the Australian ant-slayer spider is able ...

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 ...

The ant-slayer spider of Australia has an extraordinary hunting technique that involves leaping over its much larger prey, high-speed photography has revealed. “To our knowledge, it’s unique,” says ...