As tarantula mating season is winding down around La Junta, Halloween season is ramping up. KRCC’s Shanna Lewis spoke with arachnologist Paula Cushing of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science ...

Spiders are often referred to as insects, but this is incorrect. Although spiders and insects belong to the same massive group of invertebrates with jointed legs and exoskeletons (arthropods), spiders ...

Wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and tarantulas (Theraphosidae) are both maligned and feared throughout the world. They are venomous, as are almost all spiders. Their venom helps them subdue prey, but neither ...

They may creep some of us out (and you can bet that us includes yours truly), but we’ve all got our own little spot in the world, right? Anyway, I recently discovered that there may be a difference ...

Spiders might make you shiver, but they’re also some of the most fascinating creatures out there. With their intricate webs and mind-blowing survival skills, these eight-legged wonders do way more ...

"Spiders: Fear to Fascination" immerses visitors in spider facts and secrets via interactive games, augmented reality, hundreds of preserved specimens and dozens of live spiders. It is at the North ...

If you’ve spotted tarantulas crawling around San Antonio as of late, you’re not alone. A local resident shared a photo of a Texas-sized spider – apparently hardly their first – that has both ...