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 ...
Flashback alert: almost 20 years ago, scientists at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama tested how well drugged house spiders could spin their webs. Not well, it turns out. They dosed the ...
Most spiders have eight eyes, but they don’t always have great vision. Some rely more on their other senses, like feeling vibrations, to catch their food. Spider silk is super lightweight but also ...