Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger than itself.

Jumping spiders—one of the largest spider families—get their name from the extraordinary jumps they make to hunt prey, to navigate and also to evade predators. Male jumping spiders also jump to escape ...

What Is a Jumping Spider? It's no wonder jumping spiders are called that; they can jump 10-40 times their body length using their powerful back legs. They belong to a family of spiders called ...