It's not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia's dancing spiders that make them special. There are more than 100 different species of the peacock spider, whereas most animals have ...

Most people wouldn’t describe spiders as “beautiful.” But have you ever seen a peacock spider? Scientists just found seven new species of these exotic, multi-colored arachnids. Australian scientist ...

The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department has started a conservation status survey for the unique and rare Peacock Tarantula in the Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR). This initiative, carried ...

The unusual DNA of a particular type of spider is fascinating scientists, as they think it may hold the key to diverse evolution across the world we live in. Australia’s peacock spider, known for its ...

The one species of peacock spider, Maratus personatus (from the Latin, meaning “masked”), or bluemask, is so small it is easy to overlook on the rocky ground where it is found. While the biggest ...

Some jumping spiders look so much like wasps that scientists named them for the predatory insects. But University of Cincinnati biologists wondered: Do these mimics really look like insect faces or is ...