A tiny, colorful, jumping spider uses a combination of camouflage and some award-worthy mimicry to deter some hungry predators.

A team of researchers at Macquarie University, in Australia, working with two colleagues from Universität Hamburg, in Germany, has uncovered the means by which the Australian ant-slayer spider is ...

The spider's unusual behavior makes it much less appealing to some predators, allowing them to hide in plain sight.

Jumping spider mimics two kinds of ants as it grows Biologists found that adult spiders that pretend to be ants retain their spiderly figures to attract mates Date: February 27, 2019 Source ...

Spiders have also been more prevalent this year due to high humidity. VanderWerp recommends physically removing webs ...

A small Australian spider uses a Cirque du Soleil-worthy tactic to prey on fierce ants. By Sam Jones Spiders have no shortage of strategies to capture their prey. Some hunt in packs, others set ...

The ant-slayer spider of Australia has an extraordinary hunting technique that involves leaping over its much larger prey, high-speed photography has revealed. “To our knowledge, it’s unique ...

The Australian ant-slayer spider’s acrobatics let it feast on insects twice its size, a new study shows.

Spiders that pretend to be ants to fool predators have an unusual problem when it comes to sex. How do they get the attention of potential mates without breaking character to birds that want to ...