The Oceania region is home to over 20 tarantula species, most of which belong to the Selenocosmiinae sub-family of tarantulas ...

Paraguay is home to a dozen described tarantula species. Learn more about these spiders in our complete list of tarantula ...

Each year, male brown tarantula trek across Colorado to look for ladies. From mid-September to mid-October, they leave the safety of their burrows to go on journeys that will take interesting turns as ...

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.

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.

The Indian Violet Tarantula, Chilobrachys fimbriatus, is among India’s most captivating and enigmatic spiders. Famous for its shimmering violet-blue legs and iridescent carapace, it is a striking ...

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.

These hairy spiders spend almost all of their lives underground. But when it's time to mate, they must brave the great outdoors before they perish. Male tarantulas are moving and wooing their way ...