Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A tarantula makes its way across a trail in the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park in Laguna Beach. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles ...

This report examines tarantulas and the real risks they present during close human encounters. While often labeled harmless, tarantulas possess powerful fangs and defensive urticating hairs that can ...

An ultra rare purple tarantula has been documented in the wild, and experts are still working to determine whether it ...

Wildlife and public safety officials in western U.S. states have issued warnings as tarantula mating season brings a surge of spiders onto trails, parks, and residential areas from August through ...

A team of scientists in Ecuador is on a mission to find and describe species of an understudied, often unpopular group of critters: mygalomorphs, a group of large, stocky spiders that includes ...

A rare and mysterious migration is now underway across parts of the American Southwest — and it’s happening right underfoot. Every year from late summer into fall, thousands of male tarantulas leave ...

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 ...

"Imagine being hit with a bolt of lightning—that's what it feels like!" wrote Big Bend National Park about the wasp's sting this week. "Luckily, the pain, while intense, usually lasts only a few ...

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 ...

From the archive: This story first appeared in The Desert Sun in 2016. It was huge, plodding and menacing to my neighbors. I write of a large tarantula that walked in front of my sliding door last ...

As summer starts its wind-down, a dramatic annual phenomenon is about to unfold: tarantula mating season. These large, hairy spiders, known for their imposing appearance and nocturnal habits, become ...