During their fieldwork, researchers discovered two new tarantula species in the forests surround the caves. Both species are members of the Orphnaecus genus, according to the study. The research ...

This new world tarantula species is not considered aggressive and will frequently flee from danger rather than fight! For this reason, the curly-haired tarantula is a suitable pet species for all.

“Tarantulas ‘own’ South America, and therein lies most of the world’s diversity of the group, so I am not at all surprised,” he says. “I am sure there will be more new species out there.

The species, with “distinctly tiny eyes” and long legs, is confirmed to be the only “true” cave-dwelling tarantula in Asia, reasearchers said.

Arizona is in the news again but it's not because of the heat. Scientists have discovered a new tarantula species, Aphonopelma jacobii, in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. This newly ...

This hypothesis is supported by findings that many burrowing New World tarantulas cover their egg sacs with urticating hairs. The tarantulas typically release these barbed hairs as a defence ...

But its bright red back end gives away its discreet location. Kochiana fukushimae, or the Fukushima tarantula, is a new species recently identified in the Serra de Itabaiana National Park in ...

Tarantulas have a bad rap because of their size, but this family of hairy spiders doesn't want to take over the world. Believe me, they've had plenty of time to try. The name tarantula tarantula ...

Arizona is in the news again but it's not because of the heat. Scientists have discovered a new tarantula species, Aphonopelma jacobii, in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona.