Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You don’t often feel bad for spiders. But when a fuzzy, black ...

The peacock jumping spider, also known as Maratus volans, has earned a reputation as the world’s cutest spider. This furry arachnid is a friend to all, and it has the dance moves to prove it. While ...

Around this time of the year we tend to get a few spiders venturing indoors and I endeavour to return them safely outdoors again. On attempting to sweep this one gently into a dustpan, it jumped in an ...

Male Habronattus pyrrithrix (a) and female Habronattus pyrrithrix (b). The male has a conspicuous dorsal stripe pattern, while the female has a cryptic dorsal coloration. Collette Cook et al.

A bad date can be an unmitigated disaster of awkwardness for humans, but for male spiders it often means being eaten alive by the much larger, hungry female. To avoid being cannibalized after sex, the ...