They're not used to life in the wild, and they'll most likely die," says Shillington. The good part is that pet tarantulas are fairly low-maintenance. What do people feed tarantulas? Most ...

Tarantulas are often misunderstood due to their intimidating appearance and fearsome reputation. However, these eight-legged ...

When most people think of spiders, the word ‘friend’ may be one of the last ones to come to mind. However, if you were a ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

A pilot with a severe allergy to spiders was bitten mid-flight by a stowaway tarantula — forcing hours-long delays as the plane was fumigated after landing safely, according to reports.

Experts say Kansans don't need to be worried about the healthy population of tarantulas found in parts of the state, particularly in the southern tier of counties. The large, hairy spiders are ...

Tarantulas can be found in Palo Alto’s Foothills Park and many preserves in the region. Courtesy Jack Owicki. In the waning sunlight near the Stanford Dish and in the open fields in the hills, a ...

If you saw a tarantula hawk, you'd probably run away ... His new book, "Coyote Peterson's Brave Adventures: Wild Animals in a Wild World" is available on Amazon. Following is a transcript of ...

A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful, wispy clouds near the Tarantula Nebula, which is located about 160,000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud ...