What has eight eyes and stalks its prey like a cat? It’s not a weird science fiction monster; only a small, frequently ...

Submitted by Russel Barsh, director of Kwiaht.

This jumping spider appears to be staring at you with four giant eyes, but it actually has eight eyes around the top of its cephalothorax (head and upper body). While the largest pair of eyes provides ...

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, ...

Joe Fenwick, Corrandulla, Co Galway This is a most excellent picture of a male jumping spider, Hasarius adansoni. As jumping ...

This study has everything: jumping spiders; insects donning striped and solid patterns; and evolutionary lessons about predators and prey. By Jack Tamisiea The researchers started by collecting ...