A jumping spider can leap up to six times its body length from a standing start. The best a human can achieve is about 1.5 body lengths. The force on the legs at take-off can be up to 5 times the ...

The jumping spiders offered a unique opportunity to expand the realm of dreaming animals, in part because of particular aspects of their ocular anatomy. Though most spiders cannot move their eyes ...

Jumping spiders have seen a huge surge in popularity on TikTok, and many fans are becoming first-time spider owners. CNN spoke to spider lovers about why these arachnids make such enchanting pets ...

P utting the words cute and spider next to each other may seem like a contradiction; but for jumping spiders, it just might not be. These little guys are too cute to be afraid of, as they're known ...

Jumping spiders are able to capture and sift through an incredible amount of sensory information for the size of their brains, which are no larger than a poppy seed.

With their big eyes, furry legs and exotic colors, jumping spiders are described as some of the most adorable arachnids — but members of its more than 5,000 species are amazing in other ways, too.

If you've ever seen a close-up photo of a jumping spider, you'll know they're the cute ones. Many fit on the tip of a finger and sport fuzzy, colorful bodies and big eyes. They're quite amazing ...

Jumping spiders such as Evarcha arcuata, the species featured in this study, found throughout Eurasia, are the oddballs of the arachnid class in that they’re so visual.

Little is known about the night-time habits of tiny creatures all around us. Take the jumping spider — it mysteriously can spend much of the night suspended in mid-air, hanging by a thread.

The jumping spider may even be able to expand its habitat this way. To test this idea, the researchers collected S. collingwoodi, a non-mimicking jumping spider and five ant species from locations ...

Researchers found jumping spiders, known for their acrobatic hunting, exhibiting signs of R.E.M. sleep, but it is unknown whether they dream, or even sleep.