Tarantulas are big spiders and they often have a habit of startling you. Do you know which states have tarantula sightings? If not, you are in the right place. Here is a list of states, you should be ...

New tarantula species found in Cuba’s Viñales National Park. Credit: David Ortiz Researchers have found a new species of tarantula in western Cuba. Named Trichopelma grande, it is the biggest and ...

They asked him to lift his shirt. When he did, they found he was carrying 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants. Each of the bugs was crawling around inside its own small plastic bag ...

Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species in Cuba that is bigger and hairier than other spiders in its genus. A new study, "A hairy giant among dwarves," published this month in the ...

Biologists have discovered a new tarantula species in Cuba that is bigger and hairier than other spiders in its genus. A new study, "A hairy giant among dwarves," published this month in the Journal ...

gob.pe Authorities arrested a man in Peru after his bulging clothes gave him — and the hundreds of tarantulas strapped to his body — away, as he attempted to leave the country with them.

Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body. The 28-year-old South Korean national was ...

A tourist was arrested at an airport in Lima after trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas, centipedes and ants out of Peru, officials said. Photo from Peru’s National Forest and Wildlife ...

And it's primarily driven by souvenir collectors. With their eight beady eyes and furry limbs boasting retractable claws, tarantulas are polarising creatures. During Jackie Peeler's more than 40 ...

Peru's National Forestry and Wildlife Service said officials found 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body. The animals were taken by authorities and are being ...

A new species of tarantula, Trichopelma grande, has been discovered in western Cuba by researchers David Ortiz of Masaryk University, Czechia, and Elier Fonseca of the Cuban Zoological Society, Cuba.

Strapped to the 28-year-old man's body were 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and 9 bullet ants. The suspect now faces wildlife trafficking charges while the tarantulas are being cared for by ...