NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Tarantulas, beware. It’s officially mating season for New Mexico’s state insect, the tarantula hawk. They’re a type of spider wasp primarily known to hunt tarantulas in a ...

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DAVENPORT -- One might think of a tarantula eating things, rather than being eaten. Or that earthworms are for catching fish, not an after-work snack. On Friday, the Putnam Museum & Science Center ...

Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...