A girl in Texas was thrilled when she discovered that she had received a tarantula on Christmas morning. Footage taken by ...

The newly discovered tarantula Trichopelma grande has unusually hairy legs for a ground-dwelling species. It's also much bigger than its relatives — and scientists aren't sure why. When you purchase ...

You might think the bigger the animal, the more it should cost on both legal and illegal animal markets. These four creepy crawlers defy that logic entirely. Forget smuggling drugs across borders to ...

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 ...

Through a microscopic lens, the heat from an igniting matchstick – captured within one-eight-thousandth of a second – is palpable. A mosaic of caffeine crystals could be mistaken for a work of ...

From a rodent’s optic nerve and the venomous fangs of a small tarantula to auto-fluorescing hairs on a leaf, the images winning the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition are luminously ...

Chris Hamilton and Brent Hendrixson met someone unexpected in the mountains of Southeastern Arizona: a leggy redhead with a taste for cold weather. The two researchers discovered a new species of ...

Beware, Californians: It’s tarantula season. September and October are peak months for spotting male tarantulas as they roam day and night in search of mates, according to the National Park Service.