Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to ...

“While there are absolutely some cave-dwelling fungi that are problematic for humans, this is part of a group of fungi that ...

Development abandoned after Natural England issues part of Kent location with environmental order to protect rare arachnids ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

And a new study, published today in Science, reveals that at least one other invertebrate species, the ant-like jumping spider Toxeus magnus also produces milk to feed its young. “There are not very ...

Other spiders, such as crab spiders in the family Thomisidae, are 'sit and wait' predators - for example Misumena vatia lurks on flower heads, waiting to ambushing visiting insects. Others, such as ...

Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already working on such projects and aiming to lead the ...

A sprawling 'garden city' development totalling 15,000 homes in Kent has been brought to a halt due to a small colony of ...