LA JUNTA, Colo. — Finding a mate is risky business this time of the year for the Colorado brown tarantulas that populate southeastern Colorado. In the late summer, thousands of male tarantulas scour ...

A fact, fun or not depending on your reaction: like other nocturnal animals, some spiders have eyeshine. Tracking a flashlight around open prairie in the Comanche National Grasslands just ...

It’s tarantula mating season in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. The big spiders crawl across roads and between ...

Eastern Michigan University biology professor Cara Shillington has "thousands of spiders" in her home and is heading to the ...

Touch the Butt — When AXL is toppled onto the ground, you can jump on his head and inflict damage on the wound on his rump.

Can you imagine coming face-to-face with the largest tarantula in the world? This massive arachnid is the king of creepy ...

Tarantulas have a number of unique ways that they communicate, reflective of their biology! Read here to learn more!

Southern Colorado is home to tarantulas, and the epicenter of activity is near La Junta in the southeastern portion of the state. The city encourages people to come check out the “tarantula trek” ...

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 ...

It’s tarantula mating season in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. The big spiders crawl across roads and between scrubby vegetation on the plains. You’ll often see dozens of the eight-legged ...

These hairy spiders spend almost all of their lives underground. But when it's time to mate, they must brave the great ...