Although Bolivia is landlocked, it is home to diverse geography, including the Andes mountains in the west, the Amazon ...

There are over 50 species of tarantula native to Argentina. Learn more about them in our complete list of tarantula species ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...