Many lovers of spiders profess a lifelong fascination with all things creepy crawly. Heather Bruen's affinity for spiders was borne out of necessity. Tolerance turned to acceptance, and "accidentally ...

Many lovers of spiders profess a lifelong fascination with all things creepy crawly. Heather Bruen’s affinity for spiders was borne out of necessity. Tolerance turned to acceptance, and “accidentally ...

Kim belongs to Phidippus regius, or "Regal jumping spider," a large species of jumping spiders that are found worldwide. These arachnids hunt actively instead of catching their prey in a web. They are ...

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 ...

MANCHESTER, England (WHDH) — Scientists in England successfully trained a spider to jump on command. Researchers at the University of Manchester trained a regal jumping spider, which they nicknamed ...

From a standing start, humans can jump around 1.5 times their own body length. But this pales in comparison to the abilities of the regal jumping spider. Otherwise known as Phidippus regius, the tiny ...

Spiders often make people jump but a bunch of clever scientists have managed to train one to jump on demand. Researchers managed to teach the spider – nicknamed Kim – to jump from different heights ...