New species are discovered all the time – from those that blend in so well with their surroundings that they are hard to spot, to those hiding in the most remote places on Earth waiting to be ...

Tarantulas are beautiful and delicate creatures that require careful handling at all times. While some tarantula species will tolerate being handled, it’s really important to understand their behavior ...

The British Tarantula Society hosts an exhibition contest, and there’s also the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival. Bats are currently in the midst of their own beauty competition, and you can vote ...

The Tarantula spins its web in the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way, 160,000 light-years from us. The nebula is huge, spanning 650 light-years in diameter.

It belongs to the genus Aphonopelma, the most diverse of all the tarantula genera. The tarantulas have black bodies with thin hairs called setae on their abdomens in orange or red.