Tarantulas rely on instinct and subtle cues rather than familiarity or affection. This video documents the gradual process of building calm, non-threatening interaction with a tarantula. Small movements and timing play a critical role in how the animal responds.

Bright colors in the animal kingdom usually mean danger. And the bright colors of the tarantula hawk definitely mean danger, not only because of the powerful sting that it possesses, but danger to its favorite victim, the tarantula. Tarantula hawks, which ...

"You can't order the tarantula today," the man behind the counter at Bull City Burger and Brewery said to the front of the lunch rush line. Yes, Thursday's tarantula burger was already spoken for, claimed through a lottery by Mark Christmann, a cook from ...

It's been wet in Texas this year — exceptionally wet, as a matter of fact. With record amounts of rain, Texas is more than a little hot, green and rife with happy insects. Take the tarantula hawk, for example. In case you've never heard of it, it's a ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of a "cosmic tarantula": the Tarantula Nebula. The nebula, officially called 30 Doradus, earned its spider nickname because "the region resembles a burrowing tarantula’s home, lined with ...