Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...

Male jumping spiders also jump to escape from ... We studied the Australian splendid peacock spider (Maratus splendens) found both on the Macquarie University campus in Sydney and in the ...

The suburbs in one Aussie state continue to march steadily along the coastline. But some rare Aussie treasures are thought to ...

WAtoday revealed last year that the only known habitat of the peacock jumping spider species Maratus yanchep was just 20 metres from Peet’s Elavale estate, putting it at high risk of extinction.

It takes two to tango, but when a male peacock spider gets the attention of a potential female mate, their dance becomes a chase. In fact, the peacock spider has to simultaneously dance his way to ...