Why should we read children's nonfiction animal books? Teaching kids about animals is akin to teaching colors and numbers.

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.

Ajay Narendra receives funding from Australian Research Council. Jumping spiders – one of the largest spider families – get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey ...

Researchers discovered a new species of jumping spider on Baner hill in Pune. The spider is named Okinawicius tekdi. This discovery increases the number of jumping spider species in India to 326.

What Is a Jumping Spider? It's no wonder jumping spiders are called that; they can jump 10-40 times their body length using their powerful back legs. They belong to a family of spiders called ...

Ahmedabad: A species of jumping spiders seems to be hopping across borders of its commonly known territory. So far sighted in only two areas of Tamil Nadu, the Proszynskia diatreta has been seen ...

Researchers from Kerala and Tamil Nadu have discovered two new species of jumping spiders in the lush landscapes of the Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern Western Ghats at ...

A never-before-seen species of jumping spider has been discovered in the UK. The tiny creature, named Anasaitis milesae (Tremough Jumper), has no known records anywhere else in the world.

A new species of jumping spider has been discovered in Cornwall. The arachnid, measuring just 4mm long, was found during a nature survey being carried out on the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus.

But there’s one type of spider that’s more tolerated than the rest — and that’s the jumping spider. The jumping spiders, or the Salticidae, are a family of over 600 separate genera and over 6,000 ...