In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

Although Bolivia is landlocked, it is home to diverse geography, including the Andes mountains in the west, the Amazon ...

The tarantula is a fast-moving spider, but it's not always a coordinated one, a new study finds. As the arachnid increases its speed, it also loses some of its coordination, becoming a "little wonky," ...

Catelyn Topping was only 15 years when she fell in love. With tarantulas. It wasn't love at first sight, she says. It took an entire week. "I started volunteering at Chattanooga Zoo and there was one ...

Missouri is home to the Texas Brown Tarantula, the state's largest spider, which can be found in open, dry glades in south ...

Scientists in California have discovered a new species of worm capable of turning tarantulas into living 'zombies' and eating them from the inside out. A team of scientists from the University of ...

In plenty of animals, bright hues signify the means to various evolutionary ends. One of New Guinea’s many birds of paradise species uses a unique blue pattern to help attract females during mating ...

Aaron Phoenix, 36, says he has a collection of more than 700 pet tarantulas, making him a real-life Spider-Man. He's developing a website, with plans to open a spider store. SWNS Arachnophile Aaron ...

One entomologist described tarantulas as the "puppies of the spider world." Tarantulas are coming out in droves in Northern California just in time for Halloween. But the gargantuan spiders aren't ...

Male tarantulas are skittering all over Mount Diablo as quickly as their eight legs will carry them, trying to mate as often as they can before starving to death, falling apart or being eaten by a ...

CLAYTON, Calif. (KGO) -- It is never too late to search for summer love and that is what the tarantulas are doing on the East Bay's Mount Diablo. Tarantulas live underground but when mating season ...