Most jumping spiders mainly eat insects. Mosquito terminators are no exception, eating a wide range of insects. But they do ...

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—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 ...

Usually when people think about spiders, they picture something dangerous and terrifying, but some species are just plain bizarre. We travel from the forests of Australia and South America to the ...

What is it about Jumping spiders that have people intrigued? Is it their big beguiling eyes that look back at you, or their furry bodies? The entertaining way they stand on garden hoses waving their ...

India has two new species of jumping spiders that were recently discovered. Researchers have found these species in both dryland and urban park habita.

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 ...

The unveiling of two new jumping spider species, Mogrus shushka and Mogrus pune, in various environments in Rajasthan, ...

Source: Nosferattus, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. This time of year, spiders receive a lot of attention for their creepier qualities. But Ximena Nelson, a biologist at the University of Canterbury in ...