Residents of the Arabian Peninsula and Horn of Africa are no strangers to tarantulas, but four newly discovered species in the region are changing the way researchers look at this group of spiders.

A new tarantula species with a curious dark blue hue has been found in southern Thailand. Blue is one of the rarest colors to find in nature, which is why the coloring spotted on the Chilobrachys ...

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 ...

To understand why elongated pedipalps may have evolved in Satyrex species, some knowledge of tarantula reproduction is required. Take an in-depth look at the dangers of tarantula mating in the ...

The Persian Gold Tarantula (Chaetopelma persianum) is a newly described species recently discovered in northwestern Iran. In fact, the “woolly, golden hairs” the scientists observed and examined on a ...

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A new tarantula species with a curious dark blue hue has been found in southern Thailand. Blue is one of the rarest colors to find in nature, which is why the coloring spotted on the Chilobrachys ...

Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 species of tarantulas, in addition to other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, lizards and snakes. Turtles ...