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 ...

A new study reveals that tarantulas are often on friendly terms with amphibians, reptiles, and even army ants, which are known to feed on spiders. The researchers suggest that the dense hair covering ...

From the warm, humid rainforests of Southeast Asia to the harsh, dry conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, over 125 tarantula species have adapted to the diverse climates and geography of Asia. They can ...

It's almost tarantula mating season, and in certain states, tens of thousands of tarantulas are expected to crawl out of their burrows to look for mates. Whether you're an arachnophobe or an ...

This report examines tarantulas and the real risks they present during close human encounters. While often labeled harmless, tarantulas possess powerful fangs and defensive urticating hairs that can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you see some big hairy spiders scampering around from now through the end of October, you are witnessing male tarantulas on ...

Four of the spiders were discovered alive and re-homed with a reptile specialist Madison E. Goldberg received her B.S. in Journalism and double minors in publishing and photography from Emerson ...

Tarantulas are one of the most well-known types of spiders. There's a reason fake tarantulas are sold at Halloween — some people think they're creepy. But others like them and keep them as pets. No ...

Catelyn Topping was only 15 years when she fell in love. With tarantulas. It wasn't love at first sight, she says. It took an entire week. "I started volunteering at Chattanooga Zoo and there was one ...

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