Celine Tails introduces a collection of jumping spider animals while showcasing their custom-built enclosure.

What Is a Jumping Spider? It's no wonder jumping spiders are called that; they can jump 10-40 times their body length using their powerful back legs. They belong to a family of spiders called ...

Many lovers of spiders profess a lifelong fascination with all things creepy crawly. Heather Bruen’s affinity for spiders was borne out of necessity. Tolerance turned to acceptance, and “accidentally ...

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 have tiny and relatively simple brains, but scientists are discovering they are among the smartest ...

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Research “in the field” typically means a journey to the remote Brazilian Amazon for Daniela Rößler, an ecologist the University of Konstanz. But during the coronavirus lockdowns of 2020, the best she ...

Imagine that the world is shades of gray and a little blurry, almost as if your lousy peripheral vision has taken over. This fuzzy field of view extends so far that you can make out dim shapes and ...