Veteran actor Russell Crowe revealed that back when he wasn't famous, he had to do a scene involving a live tarantula and it ...

Tarantulas rear up on their back legs when they are annoyed, giving plenty of warning to humans, he said. "They're really pretty neat critters," he said. "They're the largest spider in Kansas ...

Tarantulas can be black, brown, gray, or even brightly colored. Most people are afraid of tarantulas because they are so large and weird-looking, but the truth is that these spiders are not dangerous.

The tarantula can attain a body length of up to ... "Americans are weirder about spiders than pretty much any place on the planet," Cranshaw said. "By a long shot." ...

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 ...