Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ideas ...

This video follows a nighttime search for tarantulas and other desert creatures, a setting where visibility drops and risk rises quickly. Tarantulas rely on defensive behaviors, sudden movement, and ...

Male tarantulas are gearing up to look for a mate, leading to a surge of spider sightings in the Southwestern U.S. over the next few months. Across states like California, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico ...

MIDLAND, Texas — You might have seen some furry friends crawling around lately. According to Michael Nickell, the museum scientist at the Sibley Nature Center in Midland, it's just that time of year ...

A 7-year-old Texas girl, Molly, was overjoyed to receive a pink-toed tarantula for Christmas, a pet she had long wished for after losing her jumping spider.

Scientists in California have discovered a new species of worm capable of turning tarantulas into living 'zombies' and eating them from the inside out. A team of scientists from the University of ...

No, it's not an omen or a weird biblical sign of the apocalypse. Thousands of tarantulas are venturing out to find mates just in time for the start of the Halloween season. "What is happening is that ...

In this video, we learn about the symbiotic relationship between frogs and tarantulas. Although it may look as if the tarantula in this video is "keeping the frog as a pet", it's actually a bit more ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... About this time every year, southeastern Colorado towns like La Junta see more visitors looking to glimpse saucer-sized Texas brown tarantulas as they scurry ...

YPSILANTI, MI — Cara Shillington’s love for tarantulas began when a college friend recommended them as house pets. The Cape Town, South Africa native never thought of having a pet tarantula before, ...