Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire has just opened its new Close Encounters: The World of Reptiles and Spiders exhibit, and we've ...

Looking for somewhere to take the family out to these Easter holidays? We got an early look at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire ...

As of April 5, Camille Saunders's juvenile curly hair tarantula needed a permit to be in compliance with territorial regulations – but she had no idea that was the case. Yukon's new Animal ...

Excitement is sweeping through Ang Thong province after a mystical encounter with a tarantula at Wat Bot Ratchasattha temple. Locals and tourists flocked to the temple in the Bang Rakam subdistrict, ...

An artistic rendering of the moment when the first white dwarf explodes and spews material at the second white dwarf, which itself is about to explode. Credit University of Warwick/Mark Garlick ...

The central star of the Ring Nebula, which is becoming a white dwarf, has a mass of about 0.61 solar masses and its effective temperature is estimated to be around 135,000 K.

The mysterious case of Natalia Grace - a Ukrainian orphan with dwarfism accused of lying about her age and 'tormenting' her adoptive parents - has baffled true crime fans for more than a decade.

Shane Croucher is a Breaking News Editor based in London, UK. He has previously overseen the My Turn, Fact Check and News teams, and was a Senior Reporter before that, mostly covering U.S. news ...

From the excruciating sting of the tarantula hawk wasp to the potentially lethal bite of the Western Diamondback rattlesnake, Arizona is home to a range of critters, ranging from insects to ...

In announcing his broadside against global trade, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed the aggressive tariffs will “make America rich again.” Few economists believe that, but the new tariffs ...

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 ...