Tarantulas belong to the spider family Theraphosidae. According to the World Spider Catalog, there are 1,192 recognized tarantula species in 186 genera. Tarantulas can be found throughout the world, ...

Even though its brain is smaller than a grain of rice, this spider plans ahead, adapts mid-hunt and outsmarts prey larger ...

There are two kinds of spiders that make webs indoors during the winter, and both are quite common. And neither is native to ...

Unregulated markets could lead to species becoming vulnerable. Spiders, tarantulas and scorpions may be creepy to many, but it turns out there's a gargantuan market for arachnids as pets, and it is ...

Scientists have uncovered a 400-million-year-old genetic secret that gave spiders the ability to produce silk and weave their ...