The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.

Jumping spiders are the corgis of the spider world. With their tiny size and spiky hairdos, almost everyone finds them at least a little bit cute. Part of what makes them so adorable are their giant ...

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These vibrantly-colored, curious creatures make perfect pets. They’re fun to be around and won’t cost you a small fortune to ...

From a standing start, humans can jump around 1.5 times their own body length. But this pales in comparison to the abilities of the regal jumping spider. Otherwise known as Phidippus regius, the tiny ...

Victoria Chaffin, a legal billing specialist by day and thrash metalhead by night, sits on the puffy couch in her Denver living room, grinning as she peers into her personal spider farm. Chaffin takes ...

A colorful jumping spider mimics multiple species of ants, and its repertoire of impressions seems to help it scare off one of its fiercest predators. By Sam Jones Siler collingwoodi is a spider that ...

The newly described jumping spider, Guriurius minuano, has a stripy pattern on its abdomen and large black eyes. (Pictured) Damián Hagopián Scientists have discovered a new species of spider, bringing ...

The jumping spiders probably will not get to Pennsylvania anytime soon. The black and yellow Joro spider has made headlines in recent weeks, with some news stories claiming the invasive species will ...

While brain worms have made many horrifying headlines this year, the good folks at the New England Journal of Medicine offer some fresh nightmare fuel ahead of Halloween: an ear spider. And there's a ...

(CBS News) Arachnophobia - or a fear of spiders - is one of the most common "specific phobias" among the 7 percent of the population who suffers from this type of anxiety disorder . For some ...