Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arizona is in the news again but it's not because of the heat. Scientists have discovered a new tarantula species, Aphonopelma ...

Tarantula mating season occurs primarily in the autumn months. The Mexican red rump tarantula, found in South Florida, is not considered dangerous to humans. Tarantulas are found in various states ...

Paco, a redknee tarantula is native to Southwestern Mexico and is among the largest varieties of this beneficial spider. The native habitat is arid scrub land where they usually build their tunnels ...

Catelyn Topping was only 15 years when she fell in love. With tarantulas. It wasn't love at first sight, she says. It took an entire week. "I started volunteering at Chattanooga Zoo and there was one ...

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 ...