Several of the tiny jumping spiders (4mm long), along with 500 other species, were collected during the annual BioBlitz nature survey last year at the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus ...

Hidden under the leaf litter, one tiny creature is easy to miss. It’s just a few millimeters long, and the animal is waiting for the perfect moment to reach its legs out from under a leaf and ...

The peacock jumping spider, also known as Maratus volans, has earned a reputation as the world’s cutest spider. This furry arachnid is a friend to all, and it has the dance moves to prove it. While ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

‘For our robotic spiders research we are looking at a specific species of jumping spider called Phidippus regius. We have trained it to jump different distances and heights, recording the spider’s ...

is the only known habitat of the peacock jumping spider species Maratus yanchep. But it could be "only a matter of weeks before the land these spiders call home is reduced to sand" as the next ...

Can dance ever be a matter of life or death? Yes, for a peacock jumping spider, it is. It has to impress its female mate with its dancing—and if she isn't impressed, it could be deadly. Read on to ...

WAtoday revealed last year that the only known habitat of the peacock jumping spider species Maratus yanchep was just 20 metres from Peet’s Elavale estate, putting it at high risk of extinction.

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 ...