Did you know that a tarantula’s primary defense mechanism is not actually their large size or their scary bite? The actual ...

A brand new species of tarantula has been discovered lurking in southeastern Arizona. The new species, Aphonopelma jacobii, is black and gray with bright red hair on its abdomen. It was found deep ...

Selenobrachys ustromsupasius was discovered on Romblon Island and is not known to exist anywhere else in the world, according to the study. The new tarantula species was found in burrows above the ...

ODIONGAN, Romblon (PIA) — A team of researchers from the University of Santo Tomas (UST), in collaboration with Romblon State University (RSU) and the Theraphosid Research Team in Germany, has ...

Armed with one of the most painful stings on the planet, tarantula hawks are a spider's worst nightmare. A fear of insects - entomophobia -is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, ...

They collected numerous specimens, including what turned out to be a new species ... exist anywhere else in the world, according to the study. The ustromsupasius tarantula was found at night ...