Did you know that a tarantula’s primary defense mechanism is not actually their large size or their scary bite? The actual ...

The Goliath bird-eating tarantula is, as its name suggests, large enough to eat a bird. Tarantulas are among the deadliest predators. The fangs hold the prey and inject venom. Their mouth is designed ...

A new species of tarantula, the Romblon black tarantula (Selenobrachys ustromsupasius), was recently discovered in Romblon Island, an archipelagic province in the Mimaropa. The tarantula species is ...

The spiders are small as tarantulas go — no more than 2 ... researcher Karina Silvestre Bringas introduced the new spider to the world last month with an article in the peer-reviewed scientific ...

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

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 ...

Hamish Hamilton has acquired Eduardo Halfon’s "powerfully ambivalent" new novel Tarantula, translated by Daniel Hahn.