Tarantulas - those big, hairy, eight-legged spiders featured in horror movies - aren't exactly adored by everyone. But it turns out tarantulas and other creepy animals have friends on the North Coast.

Unregulated markets could lead to species becoming vulnerable. Spiders, tarantulas and scorpions may be creepy to many, but it turns out there's a gargantuan market for arachnids as pets, and it is ...

Are spiders a scary omen of doom, or just a great helper? It might just depend on whether you're a human who hates mosquitos, or the mosquito itself. In 2017, scientists found that all of the spiders ...

By Douglas K. Sanders “Looking out at the gloomy, silent, withered forests, James Bond thought that nothing could be living ...

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — Twice as many venomous spiders were exterminated this spring on this base in western Japan compared with the same three months last year, according to ...

Solifuge arachnids, also known as camel spiders or wind scorpions, are of keen interest to Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker, two Portland-based insect scientists who blog at The Bug Chicks. If you ...