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, ...

Tarantulas are one of the most well-known types of spiders. There's a reason fake tarantulas are sold at Halloween — some people think they're creepy. But others like them and keep them as pets.

He keeps the spiders across two locations — his “tarantula cave” in his house and a separate premises used for breeding — and says the biggest is the size of a dinner plate. After hitting ...

It's tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate, and hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small farming town of La Junta to watch them emerge in ...

A pilot has been bitten by a tarantula during a flight to Spain. The Iberia plane's onwards journey was delayed so it could be fumigated and the pilot, said to be allergic to spiders, treated with ...

In the ground under the tawny grasses, male California tarantulas are emerging from their underground lairs in search of mates. The large, hairy spiders slowly crawl along the ground seeking the ...