Portia spiders are endowed with some incredible superpowers. Their hunting skills are as ferocious as those of animals many ...

A colorful jumping spider mimics multiple species of ants, and its repertoire of impressions seems to help it scare off one of its fiercest predators. By Sam Jones Siler collingwoodi is a spider that ...

This lighthearted debut from zoologist O’Hanlon surveys the remarkable behavior and abilities of arachnids. Examining spiders’ hunting strategies, O’Hanlon notes that Portia jumping spiders will wait ...

(via SciShow) Despite having a brain the size of a pinhead, jumping spiders in the genus Portia can plan ahead, learn through trial and error, and even lie. How are they so smart? They're changing ...