If you suffer from arachnophobia, this is the time of year when you're most likely to run into one of your worst nightmares: a tarantula. It's mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in ...

A wild tarantula crosses a trail in Orange County in late September. Due to a lack of data, it's difficult for scientists to confirm anecdotal reports of declines in spider and insect populations.

Mating under ultraviolet light isn't just for ravers anymore. A report in this week's Science finds that parts of the ornate jumping spider Cosmophasis umbratica glow under UV light and arouse the ...

So this is currently the the mating season for tarantulas. So we are seeing the males walking around looking for, for females so that they, they can, they can mate. The female will, will respond by ...

You might have seen the movie "Snakes On A Plane," but if you're not careful, you could be looking at spiders in your car. From September to October, spiders enter their mating season. These insects ...

Giant spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in the UK following conservation efforts. A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species was ...

Love is in the air on the Colorado plains — the kind that makes your heart beat a bit faster, quickens your step and makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.It's tarantula mating season, when ...