Joro spiders have reportedly found their way into the Great Smoky Mountains. Here's what to know about the species if you ...

The spider’s presence in Western North Carolina was first recorded on iNaturalist in 2021, with multiple observations in East ...

Nina, a photographer, filmed her makeup routine as part of a standard GRWM video, but with one extraordinary difference: she was accompanied by an eight-legged co-star, a jumping spider called ...

During the pandemic, researcher Daniela Rößler couldn't go out, so she started looking around her for her next research ...

Many crab spiders are brightly colored, from yellow with red patches, to white with darker markings. "Stunningly beautiful," Tyning said. 4. Jumping spiders: If there were a few arachnids that people ...

Kim the regal jumping spider has been trained to jump on demand Scientists have trained a spider to jump on demand. The diminutive arachnid, which they nicknamed Kim, can leap six times her body ...

A small spider with white and black markings and a characteristic jerky ‘start and stop’ movement. Usually found hunting on external walls and surfaces but frequently venturing indoors through open ...

Yes, spiders do sleep (or at least enter a sleep-like state that's very similar to our form of slumber). Much like us, spiders need a deep rest state to keep their brains functioning and their ...

An injured man fled a shooter by jumping on a garbage truck that was driving by, Tennessee authorities said. At about 5 p.m. Sept. 3, the 20-year-old man was seen speaking with another man in the ...

The eyes are windows into the mind, and this research into what jumping spiders look at and why required a clever device that performs eye tracking, but for jumping spiders. The eyesight of these ...

Spiders are a food source for birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish. Bold jumping spiders (Phidippus audax) look almost cuddly, with their large eyes and hairs giving them a fuzzy appearance.

Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already working on such projects and aiming to lead the ...