A British man is still suffering discomfort nearly a year after his pet tarantula shot some of its sharp hairs into his eye, prompting doctors to warn pet owners about the dangers of handling the ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Metro Denver's most famous arachnid is moving on to a new phase of her life. Butterfly Pavilion announced that beginning Sept. 8, Rosie the Chilean rose hair tarantula will no ...

Now is the perfect time to consider the tarantula - and not just because it fits in with the Halloween motif. It's tarantula mating season, and the males are out crawling around various East Bay parks ...

Spiders and black cats and bats – the creepy fauna of Halloween. They all make great decorations, but you’d probably be surprised that more than one of them makes a good household pet. Tarantulas are ...

This is the big one, the prestige event, the oldest and best-attended show of its kind anywhere in the world. A trophy here can make a breeder's reputation. As ever, the judges were looking for ...

Time is running out to hold Rosie the tarantula at the Butterfly Pavilion. The Westminster invertebrate zoo this week announced it is ending public handling of its well-known Chilean rose hair ...