A close-up video of a tarantula building an egg sac has captivated Reddit, offering a rare look at a behavior most people ...

The spiders have exceptionally long palps, the arm-like structures that male spiders use to transfer sperm to females.

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. No ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of a "cosmic tarantula": the Tarantula Nebula. The nebula, officially called 30 Doradus, earned its spider nickname because "the region ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The tarantula hawk is known to have one of the most painful ...

Tarantulas rely on instinct and subtle cues rather than familiarity or affection. This video documents the gradual process of ...

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 ...

It's been wet in Texas this year — exceptionally wet, as a matter of fact. With record amounts of rain, Texas is more than a little hot, green and rife with happy insects. Take the tarantula hawk, for ...

Dust swirls on the dirt roads running through more than 400,000 acres of cactus-studded grasslands south of La Junta, Colo. Suddenly, Jessica LaPage spots the reason she's here: A two-toned brown ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What looks like a cosmic wonderland to some resembles a spindly space spider to others. The ...

Arizona is home to hundreds of different wasp species, but getting stung by a tarantula hawk might be the most painful. Meet this intimidating insect.