Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...