October is a peak mating month for tarantulas in California, when the hulking, furry males set out in search of a mate. They ...

If you’re exploring nature in California this fall, there’s a chance you could be sharing the trail with one of the largest spiders in the world. Male tarantulas are embracing the cooler weather and ...

From the archive: This story first appeared in The Desert Sun in 2016. It was huge, plodding and menacing to my neighbors. I write of a large tarantula that walked in front of my sliding door last ...

As per reports, these four new species of tarantula, called Satyrex, live in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. “The males of these spiders have the longest palps among all known tarantulas ...