(10/20/2025)
I answered a child’s question about spiders for the magazine The Week Junior!
(8/18/2025)
I was interviewed by Gennaro Tomma for a Scientific American article about a new study on spider venom. Check it out! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/these-spiders-puke-up-toxic-digestive-fluid-to-marinate-their-prey-alive/
(6/11/2025)
I had a great time speaking with Talk the Talk on WHMP Radio—grateful for the chance to share my research and talk science with a wider audience.
(10/23/2023)
I was featured in a PNAS Science Sessions Podcast episode about hunting strategies in spiders! https://www.pnas.org/post/podcast/webs-and-leaps-hunting-adaptations-spiders
(1/24/2023)
I was featured on the PBS science education show “Deep Look” for their short video series on TikTok and Youtube. Watch it here:
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(10/25/2022)
I was interviewed on the PBS science education show “Be Smart” created and hosted by Joe Hanson. This episode provides an excellent overview of jumping spider vision! We’ve accumulated over a million views so far. Watch it here:
(8/8/2022)
I gave commentary for a NatGeo report on brilliant work conducted by Daniela C. Rößler and colleagues showing REM-like sleep states in jumping spiders! Check out the article here: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/jumping-spiders-dream-rem-sleep-study-suggests and the original paper in PNAS here: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.220475411
(6/21/2022)
My PhD advisor Beth was prominently featured in Ed Yong’s book entitled “An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us” (see Chapter 2 opener: “Endless Ways of Seeing”).
(10/25/2021)
Our work was featured in ScienceNews! Check it out here: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/jumping-spider-vision-eyes-color-senses-hearing-mating-courtship
Alex M. Winsor 