Peacock spiders are well known for their elaborate dances – but their extraordinary jumps smash speed records.

Jumping spiders also rank as one of the easiest spiders to care for. Different species of these spiders can vary in color and ...

There are now 50,000 known different species of spider crawling the Earth ... which belongs to the Salticidae family of jumping spiders and hunts its prey on shrubs and trees in southern Brazil ...

Researchers have examined the remarkable jumping abilities of male and female Australian peacock spiders, revealing sex-specific differences. These spiders use a unique semi-hydraulic system to jump, ...

"The truth is that most spiders are too small to bite us, including those adorable jumping spiders," Jody ... There are a few larger spider species, including wolf spiders and fishing spiders ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

Well, you are about to! Bagheera kiplingi looks very much like any other jumping spider and shares the same skillset. It is a colorful, sexually dimorphic species. The male has amber legs ...

And a new study, published today in Science, reveals that at least one other invertebrate species, the ant-like jumping spider Toxeus magnus also produces milk to feed its young. “There are not very ...

‘For our robotic spiders research we are looking at a specific species of jumping spider called Phidippus regius. We have trained it to jump different distances and heights, recording the spider’s ...