The "spider queen" is releasing hundreds of tarantulas into the wild in North Texas. Local spider expert Leah Patton has been collecting and raising baby spiders for the Lewisville Lake Environmental ...

PHOENIX — A Valley park needs help naming its newest resident. McDowell Mountain Regional Park is on the hunt for a name for a baby tarantula. A developer found the spider at a construction site and ...

A tarantula makes its way across a trail in the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park in Laguna Beach. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles Times) It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles ...

A baby tarantula finally has a name. The McDowell Mountain Regional Park has been holding a contest to name a baby tarantula that was brought there after a developer found it at a construction site.

It's mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in the United States, 10 of which can be found in California, according to Los Padres National Forest. Around this time, tarantulas tend to ...

Filmmakers have captured first-of-its-kind, spine-chilling footage of young spiders cannibalizing their mothers and other elderly relatives en masse. In the video, more than 1,000 young African social ...

A box full of baby tarantulas might be on the loose after thieves tore open a parcel left outside a couple’s home. Kai Bolam and Aimee Mather found their package ripped open outside their flat in ...