Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...
“A tiny creature unexpectedly wandered into our home a few months ago and it seems like she’s here to stay,” the couple wrote on TikTok. Sprout, a fuzzy jumping spider, showed up in the ...
The sparklemuffin peacock spider (Maratus jactatus) is a tiny spider that lives up to its vivacious name.This dazzling arachnid was given its moniker in 2015 by UC Berkeley PhD student Maddie ...
That’s exactly what happened with scientists studying peacock spiders in Australia. After puzzling over how the tiny spiders produce colorful rainbow patterns on their butts, researchers decided ...