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 ...

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 ...

A brand new species of tarantula has been discovered lurking in southeastern Arizona. The new species, Aphonopelma jacobii, is black and gray with bright red hair on its abdomen. It was found deep in ...

Scientists have had to create an entirely new spider genus after four new tarantula species were found to have such long genitalia that they couldn't fit into any pre-existing category. The team ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Happy tarantula mating season to those who celebrate, which might be a very, very small group. There are 29 described individual ...

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 ...

(NewsNation) — It’s officially tarantula mating season, and scientists have discovered four new species of the spider with a fittingly frisky feature. The newly discovered fuzzy arachnids in the ...

Four new species of tarantulas have been discovered in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. But these aren't just any tarantulas. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...