Last year, researchers discovered a new tarantula species in Thailand with a unique coloration. Parts of its legs, back, and ...

A new species of tarantula, a red-reared arachnid, has been discovered in the Chiricahua Mountains in southeastern Arizona.

Tarantulas often get a bad reputation, but most species are largely harmless to humans and vital to ecosystems such as the ...

Arizona is in the news again but it's not because of the heat. Scientists have discovered a new tarantula species, Aphonopelma jacobii, in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. This newly ...

Dr Gavin Broad, wasp expert at the Museum, uncovers the eccentricities of this small but sinister creature. Tarantula hawks can reach up to 11 centimetres long. There are 133 known species and they ...

It's tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate, and hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small farming town of La Junta to watch them emerge in ...

Just in time for Halloween, for those of you who are afraid of spiders I will take that phobia and raise it by one- maybe ...

thousands of male tarantulas scour the plains for a mate — provided they can safely cross the roads that stripe the Arkansas Valley. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said the breeding ...

Who needs a horror movie when you’ve got tarantula hawks? These wasps paralyze tarantulas so the still-living spider can ...