Desert tarantulas aren’t considered poisonous to humans. That doesn’t mean, however, that they can’t be dangerous. A trio of international travelers learned this lesson over the weekend when the brown ...

A wave of tarantula sightings might occur in the next few months across portions of the U.S. as mating season begins. The secretive spiders are rarely seen – except during mating season. The hairy ...

Despite their intimidating appearance, tarantulas are surprisingly fragile. In this YouTube video, a veterinarian cares for a tarantula that has become constipated (impacted) and is unable to excrete ...

If you suffer from arachnophobia, this is the time of year when you’re most likely to run into one of your worst nightmares: a tarantula. It’s mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in ...

A horde of baseball-sized tarantulas may soon start roaming across several Southern states. These hairy spiders, known as Texas brown tarantulas or Aphonopelma hentzi, are about to enter their mating ...

A new species of eight-eyed tarantula with the attitude of “Satan” and a “cryptic” 3-foot snake that lurks in swamps have recently been discovered — and they are the stuff of nightmares. Scientists ...

Love is in the air for tarantulas. Certain states across the country can expect to see a web of spider sightings. It’s mating season for tarantulas, and with tens of thousands of spiders on the ...