With its colorful display and mesmerizing moves, the peacock spider is like a tiny, fuzzy disco ball. But believe it or not, the hilarious dance you’ll see in this video is actually serious business: ...

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After I found my first peacock spider in the wild in 2016, I was hooked. Three years later, I was traveling across Australia on a month-long expedition to document and name new species of peacock ...

If you don't think of spiders as cute and cuddly, then you’ve never met Sparklemuffin, Skeletorus, and the elephant spider. Scientists have identified these three new species of peacock spiders in ...

With their flamboyant dress, and fabulous song and dance routines, tiny peacock spiders have captivated the hearts of the internet. Many species have courtship displays, but few are as complex as that ...

A newly-discovered species of peacock spider has been named Maratus constellatus after the Van Gogh masterpiece, The Starry Night. The brightly-colored arachnid is one of seven new species of peacock ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WJW) — A new species of spider is named ...

The newly identified Maratus nemo is no bigger than the size of a long grain of rice -- which is a shame considering it's one of the most vibrantly colored spider species on Earth (hence, "peacock ...