The best places to watch the tarantula migration in Colorado are Highways 109, 10, and 350, which are located near La Junta.

Number 16, the world’s oldest spider, lived for 43 years before a wasp sting ended her life, offering valuable insights into ...

Grass Pulling = “I threaten you!” Silent Squat = “I am actively ignoring you.” Choking = “We want this place.” Head Toss = “Regurgitate food for me.” Welcome to western gull (Larus occidentalis) speak ...

PEOPLE DOMESTICATED sheep and cattle, wheat and maize. Wasps domesticated viruses. And, just as domesticating other species helped human populations explode, so viral domestication assisted an ...

The trapdoor spider is one of the sneakiest hunters in the arachnid world. These clever spiders are named for their unique hunting strategy: They build burrows with hinged "doors" made of soil and ...

“The scene pictured here is on the outskirts of the Tarantula Nebula, the largest and most productive star-forming region in the local Universe.” The Tarantula Nebula is also known as NGC 2070 or 30 ...

Tarantulas serve important roles in their forest ... “They also form part of the diet of other species like spider wasps and small carnivores,” Mirza said. “They are keystone species and ...

A lot of work has explored the noses of dogs, and rats have even been trained to sniff out illegally tracked wildlife – however, most research on smelling focuses on mammals and insects, not ...

Black wasps are very much like their close relatives, the Tarantula Hawk Wasp, in that they are parasitic and choose other insects as hosts for laying their eggs on. When observed, the Tarantula Hawk ...