A wave of tarantula sightings might occur in the next few months across portions of the U.S. as mating season begins. The secretive spiders are rarely seen – except during mating season. The hairy ...

Oregon is home to some 500 species of spiders and across the Southwest and West, a stampede of sorts is coming. Tens of thousands of tarantulas will begin crawling out of their burrows in search of ...

Tarantula mating season occurs in the fall, primarily in southwestern states. Male tarantulas wander in search of females, while females remain near their burrows. Tarantulas are generally docile but ...

We know very little about the brown tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi), whose habitat stretches from Louisiana to Texas and Colorado. But the first question arachnid expert Cara Shillington asks is, why ...

If you’re hiking or camping in California or other Southwestern states over the next few months, get ready for what could be the experience — or fright — of a lifetime. Across the United States, in ...