(via Deep Look) Regal jumping spiders train themselves from a young age to become masterful hunters. From the day they leave mom’s silk nest, the tiny spiderlings practice, practice, practice, using ...

Regal jumping spiders are masterful hunters with their athletic leaps, sharp fangs and lethal venom. Regal jumping spiders train themselves from childhood to become masterful hunters. From the day ...

Scientists have discovered how an Australian jumping spider's semi-hydraulics allows it to speed jump long distances with precision while experiencing g-forces higher than those of fighter pilots.

This year’s event will be the 24th in the series. The fights involve males of Carrhotus xanthogramma, a jumping spider species about 1 centimeter in length that becomes aggressive when hunting ...

Peacock Spider. Image by Jean and Fred Hort, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Spiders are fascinating creatures, and ...

We are encouraged in 2025 that SPIDER continues to be cited in methods sections of current publications. The spider.v27.02.tar.gz download contains the complete distribution including binaries, ...

This article delves into the world of the peacock spider, exploring its dazzling courtship ritual in detail. Measuring just about 4 to 5 millimeters in length, peacock spiders belong to the genus ...

A Texas man was sentenced to four months in custody for smuggling six rare baby spider monkeys over the Mexican border and attempting to sell them over Facebook, officials said. Sarmad Ghaled ...

A Texas man was busted for trafficking vulnerable Mexican baby spider monkeys, who were too young to be separated from their mothers, into San Diego and selling them on Facebook. Sarmad Ghaled ...

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