Happy tarantula mating season to those who celebrate, which might be a very, very small group. There are 29 described individual species of tarantulas in the United States, including a nonnative ...

Four newly discovered tarantula species were just dubbed the "Genital King," and for tarantulas, size really does matter. The species are all under the genus Satyrex, which loosely translates to the ...

A new species of tarantula, described as being the size of a human face, has been discovered in northern Sri Lanka. The spider, boasting legs which span 8 inches (20cm), has been named Poecilotheria ...