A newly discovered spider in Australia builds a snare trap designed to catch a single species of ant, which launches the prey into its web with a g-force that would kill a human. Researchers have ...

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.

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

A fox charity in Pembury says the use of snares, which the government has proposed to ban, represent "unnecessary cruelty" An animal welfare charity has welcomed government proposals to ban snares but ...

An animal welfare charity has welcomed government proposals to ban snares but says action should have been taken sooner. The Fox Project, in Pembury, Kent, has campaigned against snares for decades, ...