We know spiders best as quiet, eight-legged monsters who lurk around and trap their prey with webs and venom. But 13 percent of the more than 450,000 arachnid species can aggressively stalk prey ...

Jumping spiders are the corgis of the spider world. With their tiny size and spiky hairdos, almost everyone finds them at least a little bit cute. A new video lets you see inside a spider's head ...

Male jumping spiders, unlike females, have bright and vivid coloration to attract mates. Researchers dimmed the back stripes of males using foundation powder under a microscope.

The jumping spider may even be able to expand its habitat this way. To test this idea, the researchers collected S. collingwoodi, a non-mimicking jumping spider and five ant species from locations ...

A jumping spider devours a hoverfly. The hoverfly has evolved to look like a wasp, but in this case the resemblance is not ...

And now, there is new evidence suggesting that some spiders are scared of themselves. MCCAMMON: Researcher Daniela Roessler (ph) studied something called jumping spiders at Harvard University in 2020.

If you've ever seen a close-up photo of a jumping spider, you'll know they're the cute ones. Many fit on the tip of a finger and sport fuzzy, colorful bodies and big eyes. They're quite amazing ...

He also made an appeal on the spider's behalf, noting, "Like 99.95 percent of the world's >50,000 species of spiders, jumping spiders are not dangerous." Nyffeler agreed, noting that jumping ...

Jumping spiders use their dragline of silk to stabilise themselves mid-air and land of their feet ready to pounce, say scientists.

A jumping spider which has never been seen before has been spotted in the UK. The miniscule creature is called Anasaitis milesae (Tremough Jumper) and there are no records of it anywhere else in ...