The purple and yellow colors displayed on the peacock spider Maratus constellatus make it look like Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting Starry Night. Looking for spiders might not be high on everyone’s ...

Are you afraid of spiders? Most people are, but you might change your mind after learning about three newly-described peacock spiders, Maratus species, discovered in southwestern Australia. In fact, ...

The peacock jumping spider, also known as Maratus volans, has earned a reputation as the world’s cutest spider. This furry arachnid is a friend to all, and it has the dance moves to prove it. While ...

A male peacock spider, Maratus robinsoni B.-K. Hsiung et al./Nat. Commun./CC BY 4.0 Peacock spiders may be the world’s cutest arachnids—and the only who are verified Youtube stars. Hailing from ...

The one species of peacock spider, Maratus personatus (from the Latin, meaning “masked”), or bluemask, is so small it is easy to overlook on the rocky ground where it is found. While the biggest ...

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 ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A newly-discovered species of peacock spider has been named Maratus ...