Residents of the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa are no strangers to tarantulas, but four newly discovered species in the region are changing the way researchers look at this group of spiders.

Research from Georgia Gwinnett College suggests that the invasive Joro spider in Georgia may carry a bacteria that could help ...

New Zealand is home to some impressive and sometimes scary creatures. Thanks to its isolation from other locations, animals ...

We all know what a tarantula looks like, but where do they live? Here we set out the countries and habitats they are found in ...

Arizona is home to over a dozen tarantula species. These primarily nocturnal creatures are most active during the late summer and early fall mating season. Although venomous, Arizona tarantulas are ...

Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species in Cuba that is bigger and hairier than other spiders in its genus. A new study, "A hairy giant among dwarves," published this month in the Journal ...

If you have been on edge dodging spider webs around your home, you are not the only one. The Upstate is reporting increased ...