What Is a Jumping Spider? It's no wonder jumping spiders ... If you catch a pregnant female, you may wind up with hundreds of baby spiders that need to be cared for or released back outside ...

One viewer wrote: "Jumping spiders are terrifying," while another countered with: "I'm scared of spiders but this is [actually] so cute," capturing the internet's split reaction to the critter.

A small spider with white and black markings and a characteristic jerky ‘start and stop’ movement. Usually found hunting on external walls and surfaces but frequently venturing indoors through open ...

Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already working on such projects and aiming to lead the ...

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As if spiders weren't scary as is, nature decided to create jumping spiders. These creatures are so agile that they can jump ...

The eyes are windows into the mind, and this research into what jumping spiders look at and why required a clever device that performs eye tracking, but for jumping spiders. The eyesight of these ...

‘Tenkana jayamangali’ has been added as a new genus of Tenkana jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippina) from South Asia, claimed researchers Kiran Marathe, John TD Caleb and Wayne P Maddiso ...

Transposable elements, or "jumping genes", were first identified by Barbara McClintock more than 50 years ago. Why are transposons so common in eukaryotes, and exactly what do they do? In addition ...