As Halloween nears, Florida's spiders are stepping into the spotlight, not as villains but as misunderstood heroes of the ...

Many lovers of spiders profess a lifelong fascination with all things creepy crawly. Heather Bruen’s affinity for spiders was borne out of necessity. Tolerance turned to acceptance, and “accidentally ...

An international team of researchers found that the brightly colored jumping spider Saitis barbipes could not see its own vivid reds. Jumping spiders, the flamboyant dandies of the eight-legged set, ...

A colorful jumping spider mimics multiple species of ants, and its repertoire of impressions seems to help it scare off one of its fiercest predators. By Sam Jones Siler collingwoodi is a spider that ...

video: This movie shows the jumps of two jumping spiders under green and red light. Under green light, the spiders made accurate jumps. In contrast, under red light, the jumps were short, and some ...