Peacock spiders are hardly the kind of arachnid worthy of fear; these colorful, rice-sized, eight-legged creatures are famous for their bright, rainbow-hued buttocks, elaborate mating dances and ninja ...

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 ...

If you notice a tiny, strikingly colored spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock spider. As Perth's suburbs sprawl ever further north and south, it means ...

They’re fuzzy, they’re flashy, and they’ve got great moves. 1. They’re small, but they’re scrappy. Jurgen Otto, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0 Peacock spiders (genus Maratus) cram a whole lot of swagger into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you notice a tiny, strikingly coloured spider performing an elaborate courtship dance, you may have seen your first peacock ...