Peacock jumping spiders are known for their vibrant displays while dancing, but these moves come with a fatal risk.

Female Asian hermit spiders gobble up their partners after mating, so males detach their penises and sometimes offer up an ...

We studied the jumping abilities of miniature male and female Australian peacock spiders. We found that the males—incredibly light creatures, weighing just 2 milligrams—have the highest ...

Female #2 has four males waiting on the web. Have any of them mated yet? Do I get to watch the mating ... really vulnerable to predators like jumping spiders and ants. If a male redback is ...

Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating ... such as spiders and mantises, he said. Chung added that eating their partner helps female ...

Some males fight to survive after mating. But that’s not the case with the male redback spider. He volunteers to be eaten. He does a dramatic somersault into the female’s mouth to grant her a ...

It takes two to tango, but when a male peacock spider ... female mate, their dance becomes a chase. In fact, the peacock spider has to simultaneously dance his way to survival while jumping ...

The animals most at risk from the black widow's bite are insects—and male black widow spiders. Females sometimes kill and eat their counterparts after mating in a macabre behavior that gave the ...

It's tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows ... In September and October, the mature males wander in search of a female's burrow, which she typically marks with ...

the crew was able to capture a rare springtime mating ritual. "This family drama was unfolding before our eyes," recalled Turner, "the male bear couldn't believe his luck at finding this female ...