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 ...

Kim the regal jumping spider has been trained to jump on demand Scientists have trained a spider to jump on demand. The diminutive arachnid, which they nicknamed Kim, can leap six times her body ...

But there's one type of spider that's more tolerated than the rest - and that's the jumping spider. The jumping spiders, or ...

A small spider with white and black markings and a characteristic jerky ‘start and stop’ movement. Usually found hunting on external walls and surfaces but frequently venturing indoors through open ...

The eyes are windows into the mind, and this research into what jumping spiders look at and why required a clever device that performs eye tracking, but for jumping spiders. The eyesight of these ...

Nina, a photographer, filmed her makeup routine as part of a standard GRWM video, but with one extraordinary difference: she was accompanied by an eight-legged co-star, a jumping spider called ...

Many crab spiders are brightly colored, from yellow with red patches, to white with darker markings. "Stunningly beautiful," Tyning said. 4. Jumping spiders: If there were a few arachnids that people ...

Jumping spiders are often found in areas with a lot to eat, so places with many insects are prime habitats. These could be ...

‘Tenkana jayamangali’ has been added as a new genus of Tenkana jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippina) from South Asia, claimed researchers Kiran Marathe, John TD Caleb and Wayne P Maddiso ...

Do honeybees need a good night’s sleep? What do jumping spiders find sexy? Do falcons like puzzles? For queries like these, off-the-shelf gear simply won’t do. The eviction machine was ...

Transposable elements, or "jumping genes", were first identified by Barbara McClintock more than 50 years ago. Why are transposons so common in eukaryotes, and exactly what do they do? In addition ...