This spider doesn’t run or hide when danger strikes. Instead, it builds a fake version of itself — and predators fall for it.

Each year, male brown tarantula trek across Colorado to look for ladies. From mid-September to mid-October, they leave the safety of their burrows to go on journeys that will take interesting turns as ...

The end of summer in southeastern Colorado brings about a spectacle that isn’t for everybody. Near La Junta, thousands of tarantulas will be marching across the grasslands in search of mates. The ...

A review back in 2021 documented cases of spiders preying on snakes, turning up 319 reports from every continent except ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

These hairy spiders spend almost all of their lives underground. But when it's time to mate, they must brave the great outdoors before they perish. Male tarantulas are moving and wooing their way ...