The "spider queen" is releasing hundreds of tarantulas into the wild in North Texas. Local spider expert Leah Patton has been collecting and raising baby spiders for the Lewisville Lake Environmental ...

Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...

May through July is peak tarantula season in Austin. In the early summer months, the large hairy spiders emerge from their underground burrows and crawl around Texas in search of mates. Austin-area ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Tarantulas, beware. It’s officially mating season for New Mexico’s state insect, the tarantula hawk. They’re a type of spider wasp primarily known to hunt tarantulas in a ...

Tarantulas are large arachnids that terrify some people, while others like to keep them as pets. They are most common in areas such as Mexico, Australia, Southern Asia, and Africa. In the United ...

Students in Dr. June Olds' exotic pet medicine class were temporary tarantula caretakers last month. The Iowa State Vet Med students were responsible for naming their tarantula, feeding them little ...

Arizona is home to a diverse range of 30 tarantula species, and the most docile one is the Arizona blonde tarantula. This ground-dwelling spider native to the deserts of Arizona is known for its ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ideas ...