This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sara Goodacre, a professor of evolutionary biology who studies how spider silk can be used in medicine and engineering. It has been edited for ...

This cross section through the head of a jumping spider shows off the interior structure of four of its eight eyes. Jumping spiders have the most acute vision of any terrestrial invertebrate. In fact, ...

During the pandemic, researcher Daniela Rößler couldn't go out, so she started looking around her for her next research project. Then she found a really big one, and it had been right in front of her ...

Click on the right arrow to see some additional views of this jumping spider. Biology in the background True to their name, jumping spiders hunt like cats and catch their victims by pouncing on them.

Jumping spiders are common on the Colorado Plateau, but are also found world-wide, in habitats from the tropics, to deserts, ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. There are over 45,000 species of spiders in existence, but here are three that are guaranteed to ...

View full profile. Learn about our editorial policies. Researchers don’t know enough about spider silk structure and composition to understand why it possesses such superior mechanical properties. For ...