The ballista spider builds sophisticated spring-loaded snares to catapult its prey. Newly discovered, the ballista spider ...

They may look like spiders, but daddy longlegs belong to a different group of arachnids entirely. Here's why they're more remarkable than you think.

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Gigantic invasive Joro spiders are showing up in places many people would never expect to see them: highway streetlights, gas pumps, parking lots, and other crowded areas saturated with traffic noise.