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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The team, peering into mountainside crevices, deep burrows and under leaf litter, was searching for tarantulas. They collected numerous specimens, including what turned out to be a new species ...