Scientific Name: Hogna carolinensis Whereas other spiders wait for prey to fall victim ... Scientific Name: Phidippus audax Despite their name, bold jumping spiders are quite shy and generally ...

Spiders in Focus Jumping spiders are ornamental ... where I spied this thumbnail-size Phidippus putnami (above). Now that I know where they are—their silhouettes are often visible through ...

The researchers trained the spider, which they nicknamed Kim, to jump different heights and distances on a manmade platform in a laboratory environment. Kim belongs to a species of jumping arachnid ...