They're fuzzy. They're colorful. And they wave their legs in the air like they just don't care. They're peacock spiders, a group of tiny arachnids that are small in stature but giants in the charisma ...

A new species of spider that resembles Vincent van Gogh’s famous “Starry Night” painting has been discovered in Australia. The spider is one of seven new species of Peacock spider identified by Joseph ...

A newly-discovered species of peacock spider has been named Maratus constellatus after the Van Gogh masterpiece, The Starry Night. The brightly-colored arachnid is one of seven new species of peacock ...

Three new peacock spiders have been revealed by an Australian taxonomist, but he swears they are “harmless” and “charismatic”. The species from Western Australia were revealed by Joseph Schubert, who ...

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A super-keen 22-year-old Australian spider enthusiast has identified and named seven new species of extraordinary Peacock Spider in the Maratus genus. Famed for their psychedelic color schemes and ...

Seven new species of peacock spider from the southern coast of Western and South Australia were discovered and named last month, bringing the total number of species discovered up to 48. Authors, ...

Joseph Schubert likely has the strangest job you've heard about in a very long time – he's a peacock spider specialist. Today, a report written by Schubert was released, showing seven new peacock ...

A new species of spider that resembles Vincent van Gogh’s famous “Starry Night” painting has been discovered in Australia. The spider is one of seven new species of Peacock spider identified by Joseph ...

Our favorite group of adorable spiders just got bigger! The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. Say hello to the five new species and ...

The newly identified Maratus nemo is no bigger than the size of a long grain of rice -- which is a shame considering it's one of the most vibrantly colored spider species on Earth (hence, "peacock ...

After I found my first peacock spider in the wild in 2016, I was hooked. Three years later, I was traveling across Australia on a month-long expedition to document and name new species of peacock ...