Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MDMedically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Jumping spiders are common spiders worldwide. There are ...

Jumping spiders represent over 4000 species of spiders across the world. Understand their behavior, potential risks & safety measures.

Jumping spiders are not dangerous to humans, even if you get bitten by one. Typically, a jumping spider will only bite when it’s being crushed or threatened.

Jumping spiders, which are the family Salticidae, are best known for their hilariously flamboyant mating dances, ... To find out what might draw the spider’s focus away from the cricket, ...

Jumping spiders use silk draglines to steer their prey-capturing leaps, researchers led by biophysicist Kai-Jung Chi of Taiwan's National Chung Hsing University report in an August 7 paper in the ...

There are about 300 species of jumping spiders in North America with the bold jumping spider being the most common. They are capable of jumping 10 to 40 times the length of their bodies, and ...

There are now 50,000 known different species of spider crawling the Earth, the World Spider Catalog announced Wednesday – and there might be another 50,000 out there. The WSC, based at the ...

Spiders are notorious for making people jump. But now scientists at the University of Manchester have turned the tables, training a jumping spider to leap between platforms on command so they ...