As a mating ritual, male spiders sometimes wrap up "random trash" instead of bugs, hoping female spiders won't notice. Some spider species have been observed wrapping inedible prey or plant material ...

Fireflies use their characteristic flashing signals to find and attract mates. It’s a courtship ritual that can seem magical on a warm summer evening. However, for orb weaver spiders, these displays ...

The jumping spider genus Habronattus consists of around 100 species that all diverged from each other within the last 2.5 million years. To breed, the males typically perform displays involving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A photograph of an intersex spider from a new species from Thailand recently identified and described by researchers (A photograph ...

A rare species of jumping spider, Pilia malenadu, has been rediscovered after a century of absence. Females were recorded for the first time.

Some spider species have been observed wrapping inedible prey or plant material in silk before presenting it to a would-be mate. Calling such material "trash" may be misleading in the sense it's not ...