Males also have special modifications on their front legs that they use in a species-specific mating dance to attract females. Adult jumping spiders are small, usually less than 1 centimeter (0. ...

Nina, a photographer, filmed her makeup routine as part of a standard GRWM video, but with one extraordinary difference: she was accompanied by an eight-legged co-star, a jumping spider called ...

But there's one type of spider that's more tolerated than the rest - and that's the jumping spider. The jumping spiders, or ...

From their unique vision to fascinating hunting techniques, find answers to your most frequently asked spider questions.

In fact, the peacock spider has to simultaneously dance his way to survival while jumping out of her reach — otherwise, if she's not impressed, she's having him for dinner. So the peacock spider ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Peacock spiders like Maratus yanchep are endangered due to urban expansion in Western Australia. Renowned for their vibrant ...

But some spiders don't have to spin webs. This spider can jump, and so it is called a jumping spider. Some jumping spiders are really colourful. Jumping spiders have amazing eyes which help them ...

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 ...