Although Bolivia is landlocked, it is home to diverse geography, including the Andes mountains in the west, the Amazon ...

When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

Tarantulas are the largest spiders living on Earth today, growing to sizes that intrigue some people and terrify others. They exist on a different scale from most of the spiders we encounter, forcing ...

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.