Researchers have examined the remarkable jumping abilities of male and female Australian peacock spiders, revealing sex-specific differences. These spiders use a unique semi-hydraulic system to jump, ...

A sprawling 'garden city' development totalling 15,000 homes in Kent has been brought to a halt due to a small colony of ...

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 ...

Ajay Narendra receives funding from Australian Research Council. Jumping spiders – one of the largest spider families – get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey ...

Development abandoned after Natural England issues part of Kent location with environmental order to protect rare arachnids ...

A jumping spider previously unknown to science has been found on the University of Exeter’s Penryn Campus in Cornwall. Several tiny jumping spiders were collected during the annual BioBlitz ...

This group of spiders do not use webs to catch their prey but actively hunt by day. They have large eyes and ambush small insects by pouncing on them. Please tell us as much about your specimen as ...

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 ...

The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.

Bagheera kiplingi, a jumping spider from Central America, is unique for its largely herbivorous diet, primarily feeding on acacia Beltian bodies. Unlike other carnivorous spiders, B. kiplingi ...

The nature reserve and former 20th century military ... The rainy weather on our first survey in May wasn't ideal. 'Jumping ...