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 .

California has some of the highest diversity of spiders in the world, yet climate change and habitat encroachment are killing them. Spiders, spiders everywhere? Tarantula mating season starts ...

The results showed that the tarantulas could run just as fast as they had before they lost their limbs. The footage showed ...

Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species in Cuba that is bigger and hairier than other spiders in its genus. A new study, "A hairy giant among dwarves," published this month in the ...

Texas residents can expect to see our creepy crawler neighbors in the coming weeks as mating season continues.

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – Kansans with a healthy fear of spiders may get more than they bargain for this fall as thousands of tarantulas hit the road. Autumn in Kansas brings with it the possibility ...

The spider, named Aphonopelma jacobii was first seen in 2018 in the Chiricahua Mountains in Cochise County, but testing to confirm that this is indeed a new species of tarantula led to the ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — It’s tarantula season in the golden hills of the Bay Area: that period every fall when black, hairy males of the species Aphonopelma iodius emerge from their underground ...

The scientists who found the spider say it can be found in Cave Creek Canyon, high-elevation areas near Onion Saddle and Barfoot Park. They say it is the only tarantula in the Chiricahua Mountains ...

The spider, named Aphonopelma jacobii was first seen in 2018 in the Chiricahua Mountains in Cochise County, but testing to confirm that this is indeed a new species of tarantula led to the ...

The scientists who found the spider say it can be found in Cave Creek Canyon, high-elevation areas near Onion Saddle and Barfoot Park. They say it is the only tarantula in the Chiricahua Mountains ...