As someone who has always been embarrassingly weak, it's nice to know that sometimes all that's required to win is the right attitude. At least this is the case for the female jumping spider, ...

Oct. 18 (UPI) --For many female Australian jumping spiders, the first time is the last time. When scientists at Macquarie University tracked the mating habits of Australian jumping spiders, they found ...

If you want to woo a female Australian jumping spider, consider tracking down her private, silk-draped retreat—and definitely be on the lookout for a virgin. That’s according to a paper published ...

Male jumping spiders are not what you’d call picky. In fact, the tiny arachnids try to court every female they see—even when she's a different species. But boldness has its costs. Female jumping ...

The arachnophobes have come to a decision: jumping spiders can stay. The other spiders must leave, but jumping spiders are ...

After mating for the first time, most females of an Australian jumping spider are unreceptive to courtship by other males, and this sexual inhibition is immediate and often lasts for the rest of their ...

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

Army ant week: Biologist and photographer Alex Wild reported on army ants all last week in a series of posts on his blog Myrmecos. In one post, he described how army ants link with one another using ...

From a standing start, humans can jump around 1.5 times their own body length. But this pales in comparison to the abilities of the regal jumping spider. Otherwise known as Phidippus regius, the tiny ...