The results show that this particular species of spider uses different jumping strategies depending on the jumping challenge it is presented with. For example, to jump shorter, close-range distances ...

Kim the regal jumping spider has been trained ... "The force on the legs at take-off can be up to five times the weight of the spider - this is amazing and if we can understand these biomechanics ...

Why jumping spiders you ask? Unlike humans, these spiders can jump up to six-times longer than their own body length from a standing start. In comparison, the maximum a human can jump is just one and ...

The eyes are windows into the mind, and this research into what jumping spiders ... being restrained. The spider is shown home movies while an IR camera picks up the reflection of IR off the ...