Tarantulas are among the most misunderstood creatures in the animal kingdom. First, a clarification: there are no “breeds” of ...

Happy tarantula mating season to those who celebrate, which might be a very, very small group. There are 29 described individual species of tarantulas in the United States, including a nonnative ...

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 ...

If you’re hiking or camping in the arid Southwest and West in the next few months, get ready for what could be the experience – or fright – of a lifetime. Across the United States, in California, ...