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 ...

The newly described jumping spider, Guriurius minuano, has a stripy pattern on its abdomen and large black eyes. (Pictured) Damián Hagopián Scientists have discovered a new species of spider, bringing ...

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This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. I’m obsessed with jumping spiders. But it wasn’t always so. While never a spider hater or arachnophobe, I was pretty ambivalent about them ...

WESTBOROUGH — Spiders give many people the willies, which is why they're often featured in Halloween décor. But experts say most spiders are not only harmless to humans and pets, but that they have a ...

This study has everything: jumping spiders; insects donning striped and solid patterns; and evolutionary lessons about predators and prey. By Jack Tamisiea The researchers started by collecting ...

Appearance: Varies by species, but they're often small and fuzzy and have two shiny large eyes in the the middle of what humans would call a forehead. Habitat: Found worldwide, except Antarctica and ...

Jumping spiders, which use their four pairs of big eyes to spot prey so that they can pounce, can spend a lot of the night just hanging around—literally. The gorilla jumping spider, Evarcha arcuata, ...