Needless to say, this tarantula has some interesting features, and that is without even commenting on its pink toes. Yes, ...

The new temporary attraction with live tarantulas and lots of facts hopes to make you more curious than apprehensive.

The Brazilian salmon pink birdeater (Lasiodora parahybana) is a sight to behold in the spider world. This species is one of the most impressive tarantulas, renowned for its significant size.

A Socotra Island Blue Baboon (Monocentropus balfouri) was awarded 'Best in Show' at the annual British Tarantula Society exhibition in Coventry Judges rank the spiders according to the glossiness ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

Among the species was an entirely new genus of tarantulas called Cilantica, named after the Tamil word for spider. They can be identified by the unique scattered pattern of curved bristles on ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. Larger animals tend to live longer than smaller ones–this is a well-established pattern in the animal ...