The ground moved, Tuesday morning, across San Diego county. But it didn’t quite make it to the Richter scale. "This is about jumping for where we've been, jumping up for where we are, and jumping into ...

Engineers have studied how jumping spiders see and used this unusual biological model to ...

Jumping spiders have tiny and relatively simple brains, but scientists are discovering they are among the smartest ...

Jumping spiders are crafty hunters, but sometimes they need their own disguise to avoid their own predators. Biologist Alexis Dodson studies Synemosyna formica, a species of jumping spider that avoids ...

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A soft-and-stiff body puts a spring in a new jumping robot’s step. The body, made from a rubbery-to-rigid gradient of plastic, helps the bot bounce high and stick its landings, while offering ...