Hugh Marsh from Perth, Australia, was in Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, for his cousin's wedding when he found the stowaway in his shoes. Initially thinking there was a wedge of tissue in the toe, ...

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

Wolf spiders have a reputation for being intimidating, and it's easy to see why. They're fast, hairy, and large enough to make anyone jump when one scurries across the floor. In Australia and the ...