Jumping spiders like Maratus vespa mimic wasps during courtship. Even AI mistook them for wasps over 20% of the time.

A "spider-centric" view of the ways in which the eight eyes that jumping spiders use in their worlds opens our own two eyes to the remarkable ways in which they are able to survive and thrive in ...

About 300 of those species live in North America. The most common jumping spiders in the U.S. belong to the species Phidippus audax, more commonly known as the bold jumper or daring jumping spider.

In captivity, jumping spiders rely on being fed by their human handlers. It is possible to overfeed a spider, and the most significant sign of this is bloating.

Jumping spiders have seen a huge surge in popularity on TikTok, and many fans are becoming first-time spider owners. CNN spoke to spider lovers about why these arachnids make such enchanting pets ...

A new genetic analysis of the jumping spider genus Flacillula has purged unrelated species and described seven new ones, all endemic to Sri Lanka. The genus had been little studied since the type ...

He also made an appeal on the spider's behalf, noting, "Like 99.95 percent of the world's >50,000 species of spiders, jumping spiders are not dangerous." Nyffeler agreed, noting that jumping ...

To test this idea, the researchers collected S. collingwoodi, a non-mimicking jumping spider and five ant species from locations on Hainan Island in southern China. Back in the lab, they compared ...