Jumping spiders exhibit a remarkable repertoire of behaviours underpinned by a sophisticated visual system and emerging cognitive attributes. Their capacity for acute spatial resolution, rapid ...

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — There are ...

Imagine feeling excited about wearing that beautiful dress you stored away for a special occasion. But when you take it out, a spider jumps out. How upsetting! With over 2500 species found in North ...

Some jumping spiders look so much like wasps that scientists named them for the predatory insects. But University of Cincinnati biologists wondered: Do these mimics really look like insect faces or is ...

Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with precision while experiencing g-forces higher than those of fighter pilots.

Many people who live a nomadic life in vans, buses, and RVs like to have pets with them on their journeys, and it’s actually easier to keep an animal with you on the road than you might suspect, ...