We know spiders best as quiet, eight-legged monsters who lurk around and trap their prey with webs and venom. But 13 percent of the more than 450,000 arachnid species can aggressively stalk prey ...

Though jumping spiders are Nyffeler’s favorites, he concedes, “I feel a little sorry for the frogs and lizards … because I am not only fond of spiders, I also like frogs and lizards.” 4th ...

The jumping spider may even be able to expand its habitat this way. To test this idea, the researchers collected S. collingwoodi, a non-mimicking jumping spider and five ant species from locations ...

Jumping spiders are the corgis of the spider world. With their tiny size and spiky hairdos, almost everyone finds them at least a little bit cute. A new video lets you see inside a spider's head ...

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 ...