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 ...

Whether it’s a sudden dash across the garage or a silhouette in a backyard web, spiders evoke fear in many people — and University of Nebraska–Lincoln researche ...

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 ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

A tiny but proficient jumper named Kim is the first spider ever trained by scientists to leap on demand. Teaching her to jump when and where they wanted her to wasn't easy. Of the four spiders the ...

Researchers have discovered that these enchanting little spiders see in three color “channels,” just like we do, according to Science World Report. “The eyes of jumping spiders could not be more ...

Scientists in England trained a tiny spider to jump on command, but they didn’t do it just for the bragging rights. The University of Manchester researchers trained the spider, a cute little arachnid ...