Tarantulas are some of the largest spiders around, but have you wondered how long they live? Learn all about the tarantula ...

A fact, fun or not depending on your reaction: like other nocturnal animals, some spiders have eyeshine. Tracking a flashlight around open prairie in the Comanche National Grasslands just ...

Southern Colorado is home to tarantulas, and the epicenter of activity is near La Junta in the southeastern portion of the state. The city encourages people to come check out the “tarantula trek” ...

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, ...

If you’re hiking or camping in California or other Southwestern states over the next few months, get ready for what could be the experience — or fright — of a lifetime. Across the United States, most ...

Tarantula mating season occurs in the fall, primarily in southwestern states. Male tarantulas wander in search of females, while females remain near their burrows. Tarantulas are generally docile but ...

Experts say that U.S. residents in arid parts of the midwestern and western states could see an increased number of tarantulas in the fall, which is the spiders' mating season Dan McCamish with ...

A hairy spider native to Kansas once was the namesake of a professional, minor league hockey team, the "Topeka Tarantulas." That team, based in the Sunflower State's capital city, folded in 2005, a ...