A Smithsonian entomologist demonstrates how tarantulas feed by placing live crickets inches from their jaws. Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing Our ...

If you saw a tarantula hawk, you'd probably run away. This man gets up close and personal with them. Coyote Peterson is a YouTube star who wants to educate his 8 million subscribers about - among ...

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 ...

Arizona is home to a diverse range of 30 tarantula species, and the most docile one is the Arizona blonde tarantula. This ...

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, ...

Oftentimes, they only bite or sting as a defense to help them get away. With something like the tarantula hawk, it was pretty intense. It was like an electrical shock into my arm. It actually put ...

Experts say Kansans don't need to be worried about the healthy population of tarantulas found in parts of the state, particularly in the southern tier of counties. The large, hairy spiders are ...