If you're scared of spiders, Halloween certainly doesn't help. People decorate their homes with monstrous-looking fake cobwebs and horror movies depict giant spiders hunting humans or creeping around ...

Jumping spiders have distinct eyes and fur markings that will help you spot them. Getting rid of them entails a few essential ...

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 ...

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Have you ever seen a spider skitter under a cabinet in your kitchen, then spotted a similar one later in the day? While many ...

Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are well known for their complex visual hunting behavior, but this is the first comparative study investigating their ability to catch prey in the absence of visual cues.

Researchers found jumping spiders, known for their acrobatic hunting, exhibiting signs of R.E.M. sleep, but it is unknown whether they dream, or even sleep. By Carolyn Wilke By day, jumping spiders ...

Jumping spiders apparently use blood as a perfume to attract the opposite sex. The jumping spider Evarcha culicivora, which dwells near Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, hungers after ...