As someone who has always been embarrassingly weak, it's nice to know that sometimes all that's required to win is the right attitude. At least this is the case for the female jumping spider, ...

A rare species of jumping spider, Pilia malenadu, has been rediscovered after a century of absence. Females were recorded for the first time.

Durham, NC – If you thought women's pro wrestling was a cutthroat business, jumping spiders may have them beat. In most animals the bigger, better fighter usually wins. But a new study of the jumping ...

Lights, Camera and Action! Join Mindy and Guy Raz as they go behind the scenes on the hottest new matchmaking show in the animal kingdom; "Date or Bait!" Follow along as they learn all about the ...

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

Army ant week: Biologist and photographer Alex Wild reported on army ants all last week in a series of posts on his blog Myrmecos. In one post, he described how army ants link with one another using ...

Male Habronattus pyrrithrix (a) and female Habronattus pyrrithrix (b). The male has a conspicuous dorsal stripe pattern, while the female has a cryptic dorsal coloration. Collette Cook et al.

From a standing start, humans can jump around 1.5 times their own body length. But this pales in comparison to the abilities of the regal jumping spider. Otherwise known as Phidippus regius, the tiny ...