If you don't think spiders are super-cute, then you've probably never seen Maratus personatus perform its very elaborate, oh-so-adorable mating dance. The males of this newly described species of ...

If you don't think spiders are super-cute, then you've probably never seen Maratus personatus perform its very elaborate, oh-so-adorable mating dance. The males of this newly described species of ...

At the end of a year, a lot of "Best of 2013" retrospectives are trotted out, filled with lists of new species that were described. Sadly, most of those lists are dominated by things with backbones.

The hottest new dance this summer isn’t going to be found in a swanky Meatpacking District nightclub — all you have to do to learn it is go watch a peacock spider. Peacock spiders make up a genus ...

It's kind of a like a sexy arachnid Hokey Pokey. The peacock spider puts his left leg up and he shakes it all about. He also seems to clap, wiggle and shimmy. Even arachnaphobes can appreciate these ...

A male peacock jumping spider must dance for his life. The male peacock jumping spider must dance for his life. In order to woo a female and avoid being eaten, he performs an intricate dance using a ...

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: ...

Joseph Schubert spends hours at a time lying in the dirt of the Australian outback watching for tiny flickers in the sparse, ground-hugging foliage. The 22-year-old arachnologist is searching for flea ...

It's not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia's dancing spiders that make them special. There are more than 100 different species of the peacock spider, whereas most animals have ...

Earning stage names like Skeletorus and Sparklemuffin, male peacock spiders perform a colorful song and dance nearly unrivaled in the animal kingdom. But a new study shows that their main audience—the ...

A male Maratus personatus lifts a leg as part of his impressive mating dance. (Jürgen Otto) If you don't think spiders are super-cute, then you've probably never seen Maratus personatus perform its ...

The male peacock jumping spider must dance for his life. In order to woo a female and avoid being eaten, he performs an intricate dance using a brilliantly colored fan attached to his abdomen. If the ...