The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an ...

Jumping spiders are crafty hunters, but sometimes they need their own disguise to avoid their own predators. Biologist Alexis Dodson studies Synemosyna formica, a species of jumping spider that avoids ...

Spiders that pretend to be ants to fool predators have an unusual problem when it comes to sex. How do they get the attention of potential mates without breaking character to birds that want to eat ...

Spiders are not associated with sound perception because they do not possess eardrums. To sense movement, spiders use the tiny hairs on their legs to sense vibration (and spiders can ‘sense’ ...

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