The Trichopelma grande boasts striking patterns and unique feather-like leg hairs, a testament to the region's biodiversity.

It turned out to be a new species “Everything about this tarantula … was mind-blowing,” David Ortiz wrote in a Nov. 15 Facebook post. “It looked large and hairy, like an arboreal (tree ...

While they can climb low vegetation or rough surfaces if needed, they are not as adept climbers as arboreal tarantulas, which ...