Owner Tyler Kirk holds a tarantula at his Spider Shoppe exotic-animal store in Tacoma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 ...

Tarantulas belong to the spider family Theraphosidae. According to the World Spider Catalog, there are 1,192 recognized tarantula species in 186 genera. Tarantulas can be found throughout the world, ...

Happy tarantula mating season to those who celebrate, which might be a very, very small group. There are 29 described individual species of tarantulas in the United States, including a nonnative ...

Tarantulas are a type of spider, although, they are distinguishable by several characteristics, including being generally larger and hairier than most other spiders. Tarantulas also have fangs that ...

Sometimes, the best survival strategy is disguising yourself like something no one wants to eat, much less mess with and dig ...

Spider webs are made from a protein fiber which we call silk. It is both strong and stretchy but not all spider silk is the same, there are several different types. Spiders produce silk using special ...

Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 species of tarantulas, in addition to other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, lizards and snakes. Turtles ...

Tarantula mating season occurs primarily in the autumn months. The Mexican red rump tarantula, found in South Florida, is not considered dangerous to humans. Happy tarantula mating season to those who ...