Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating ...

Social media also played a large role in the peacock spider’s rise to fame when a video of a male spider performing his ritual mating dance went viral. As of December 2024, we’ve now ...

The sparklemuffin peacock spider (Maratus jactatus ... a Sparklemuffin," inspired by the lore that female spiders will eat male spiders if they are unimpressed by their courtship dance.

It takes two to tango, but when a male peacock spider gets the attention of a potential female mate, their dance becomes a chase. In fact, the peacock spider has to simultaneously dance his way to ...

The sparklemuffin peacock spider (Maratus jactatus) is a tiny spider that lives up to its vivacious name. This dazzling arachnid was given its moniker in 2015 by UC Berkeley PhD student Maddie Girard ...