Watch Your Step: Grand Canyon’s tarantula season is underway

Tarantula season is underway at Grand Canyon National Park, where the impressive arachnids may be spotted crossing the ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

In the field with tarantula researcher

In the field with tarantula researcher. 10/6/2026 \| 2m 8s Video has Closed Captions \| CC. Cara Shillington has been ...

Could this rare tarantula "go extinct" sooner than expected? Here’s what IUCN says about India’s ‘psychedelic’ rainbow spider

India’s striking “psychedelic” rainbow spider is facing growing conservation concerns. Found only in Kerala’s southern ...
Forbes

Here’s Why The ‘Tarantula Hawk’ Belongs In Your Nightmares

The tarantula hawk is known to have one of the most painful stings on the planet. But that's only one part of what makes this creature so frightening. Despite what its name suggests, the tarantula ...
USA Today

A space tarantula? Stunning, star-forming nebula captured by NASA's James Webb Telescope

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of a "cosmic tarantula": the Tarantula Nebula. The nebula, officially called 30 Doradus, earned its spider nickname because "the region ...
VICE

Tarantula Mating Season Is Here: Which States Will See the Most?

Suppose you happen upon several baseball-sized fuzzy hands slowly crossing your path in the weeks to come. In that case, you’ve stumbled upon tarantula mating season. It’s the time of year when ...
NPR

For This Tarantula-Killing Wasp, Dinner's A Meal Best Served Living

It's been wet in Texas this year — exceptionally wet, as a matter of fact. With record amounts of rain, Texas is more than a little hot, green and rife with happy insects. Take the tarantula hawk, for ...