Regal jumping spiders train themselves from a young age to become masterful hunters. From the day they leave mom’s silk nest, ...

These jumping spiders were discovered as a new species ... With their striking red and blue backs, they look similar to ...

Regal jumping spiders train themselves from a young age to become masterful hunters. From the day they leave mom’s silk nest, the tiny spiderlings practice, practice, practice, u ...

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 ...

Harvard University has been inspired by a jumping spider to develop a novel distance sensor. The spider (family salticidae) hunts by ambushing prey, leaping onto it from a distance, and to do this it ...