A picture is two-dimensional and yet, when we look at it, we perceive depth. A number of visual cues tip us off to the relative distances of items in a photo. One of them is focus; if something is out ...

Jumping spiders, which hunt by pouncing on their prey, gauge distances to their unsuspecting meals in a way that appears to be unique in the animal kingdom, a new study finds. The superability boils ...

Photographer’s description: “Courageous Jumping Spider confronting nosy photog! We have 86 species of jumping spiders in our area, so named because they pounce on prey rather than trap prey in webs.

There’s a lot we can learn from the way different animals see the world, whether it's a mantis shrimp inspiring a new cancer-detecting camera, electric fish that could help us see through murky waters ...

The jumping spider, famed for its excellent vision and pouncing skills, has long been an enigma to neurobiologists. The arachnid's body is filled with a pressurized liquid that helps it move, and ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

A Harvard research team has detailed a new form of depth-sensing camera inspired by the highly specialized eyes of the jumping spider. Compared with existing solutions, this new device is ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Forget meals of flies and gnats; those are for amateurs. One jumping spider in India is feasting ...