Tarantulas make wonderful pets, but some people have an irrational fear of them. They wrongly believe that they possess a ...

Humans first found the blue tarantulas in Gooty ... There is a high demand for this species in the pet trade — because of its blueness, of course — and it has been bred in captivity for ...

The greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) is again a popular pet and hobby species because of its attractive coloration. Endemic to Venezuela, this species has blue legs but ...

See All Key Ideas Researchers have described a new electric-blue species of tarantula from Thailand. The vibrant tarantula (Chilobrachys natanicharum) was known from the pet trade but hadn’t ...

Despite its aggression, the cobalt blue tarantula can be a popular pet, though it can also be a commitment. Males usually have a lifespan of about 10 years, but females can live twice that long ...

“(We found) a new species of tarantula that exhibits a mesmerizing blue-violet hue, reminiscent of electric blue sparks,” Narin Chomphuphuang, a researcher at Khon Kaen University’s ...

Yet the color is rare in nature—especially not in “a blue-violet hue resembling the color of electrical sparks,” which is how a research team described a new species of tarantula in southern ...

A new tarantula species with a curious dark blue hue has been found in southern Thailand. Blue is one of the rarest colors to find in nature, which is why the coloring spotted on the ...