India TV

Two new jumping spider species discovered in Meghalaya

Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) scientists have discovered two new species of jumping spiders in Meghalaya, a ZSI spokesperson announced on Wednesday. The newly described species—Asemonea dentis and ...
Miami Herald

Jumping creature spins ‘sheets of web’ and tucks self in at night. It’s a new species

Researchers in the Democratic Republic of Congo discovered three new species of jumping spiders, according to a new study. Brogan L Pett While sorting through leaves littering a forest floor in the ...
The New York Times

Not All Heroes Wear Capes, but These Termites Did for Science

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 ...
New Scientist

Jumping spiders seem to recognise each other if they have met before

Jumping spiders seem to be able to tell each other apart, putting them among just a few other invertebrates that are thought to have this skill. Recognising individuals within your species is ...
WUFT

Scared of spiders? Some former arachnophobes now are keeping jumping spiders as pets

For Emily Hess, it was a Phidippus regius named Gretel. Hayden Shea's first was caught by her boyfriend's dad. Sunday Costell ordered her first one off eBay. "I went from selling three to four a week ...
The Telegraph

Jumping creature — with bald spot and ‘eyelashes’ — found in India. It’s a new species

Hidden under leaves in southern India, a small creature waits to launch. Marathe K, Caleb JTD, Maddison WP, Nisha BG, Maliye CC, Lohit YT, Kunte K (2024) ZooKeys Hidden under the leaf litter, one tiny ...
The Hindu

Two new jumping spider species recorded in Meghalaya

Two scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have recorded two new species of jumping spiders in Meghalaya. The duo, Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin and Souvik Sen, described the species Asemonea ...