The team used the funnel-web spider Tegenaria pagan a and studied its entire embryonic development from fertilization to hatching to look at the gene expression involved in eye development. They ...

This cross section through the head of a jumping spider shows off the interior structure of four of its eight eyes. Jumping spiders have the most acute vision of any terrestrial invertebrate. In fact, ...

A new study provides detailed insights into the embryogenesis and eye development of the cave-dwelling spider Tegenaria pagana. The research, published in EvoDevo, examines key genetic mechanisms ...

The eyes are windows into the mind, and this research into what jumping spiders look at and why required a clever device that performs eye tracking, but for jumping spiders. The eyesight of these ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

Eleanor is a content creator and social media assistant with an undergraduate degree in zoology and a master’s degree in wildlife documentary production. Across planet Earth, the animal world is ...