Even if you’re scared of spiders, you may find the little jumping spider cute. With its oversized eyes and inquisitive nature, it’s hard not to be fascinated by these tiny spiders. Jumping spiders are ...

Have you ever seen a spider skitter under a cabinet in your kitchen, then spotted a similar one later in the day? While many of us, especially those afraid of spiders, would like to believe that a ...

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

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Regal jumping spiders are masterful hunters with their athletic leaps, sharp fangs and lethal venom. Regal jumping spiders train themselves from childhood to become masterful hunters. From the day ...

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to navigate and also to evade predators. Male jumping spiders also jump to escape ...

For Emily Hess, it was a Phidippus regius named Gretel. Hayden Shea's first was caught by her boyfriend's dad. Sunday Costell ordered her first one off eBay. "I went from selling three to four a week ...

Jumping spiders exhibit a remarkable repertoire of behaviours underpinned by a sophisticated visual system and emerging cognitive attributes. Their capacity for acute spatial resolution, rapid ...

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Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with precision while experiencing g-forces higher than those of fighter pilots.

Many people who live a nomadic life in vans, buses, and RVs like to have pets with them on their journeys, and it’s actually easier to keep an animal with you on the road than you might suspect, ...