A rare species of jumping spider, Pilia malenadu, has been rediscovered after a century of absence. Females were recorded for the first time.

IFLScience needs the contact information you provide to us to contact you about our products and services. You may unsubscribe from these communications at any time.

A species of spider found in China may have evolved so that a male-female pair together resembles a flower, helping them blend in with their background. “This may be the world’s first case of ...

A bad date can be an unmitigated disaster of awkwardness for humans, but for male spiders it often means being eaten alive by the much larger, hungry female. To avoid being cannibalized after sex, the ...

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 ...

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species. One of the ...