A hairy spider native to Kansas once was the namesake of a professional, minor league hockey team, the "Topeka Tarantulas." That team, based in the Sunflower State's capital city, folded in 2005, a ...

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 ...

Scientists recently found a new species of spider in Thailand with fascinating traits. The rare spider's body is perfectly ...

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

[WATCH: In the video player above, a tarantula captured on video by two campers in Black Mesa State Park in Oklahoma.] LA JUNTA, Colo. (AP) — Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that ...

While both are arachnids and spine chilling to behold, there are many differences between a male vs female black widow spider. You may not know just how many differences there are between them, and ...