University of California Berkeley researchers report that females of two jumping spider species prefer red ornamented males of Habronattus americanus, a pattern that drives interspecific mating with a ...

Researchers unveil three new Onomastus spider species in India and Sri Lanka, emphasizing the need for conservation of unique ...

Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo discovered three new species of jumping spiders, according to a new study. Brogan L Pett While sorting through leaves littering a forest floor in the ...

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 ...

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to navigate and also to evade predators. Male jumping spiders also jump to escape ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Reddit A photo of a jumping spider perched on a Redditor's arm has become a full-on internet mystery, with users ...

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 propel ...