Arachnophobia is the technical term for an irrational or severe fear of spiders. It’s also the name of an incredibly campy yet satisfying horror film from 1990. In the movie, a previously undiscovered ...

Do you really eat spiders in your sleep? Thankfully, no. Researchers explain why and how we’d know if we were swallowing ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ideas ...

Texas is home to some interesting critters, and those with arachnophobia will hate to hear that tarantulas are among them. Not to diminish the fears of those who hate spiders — I'm not the biggest fan ...

10:28, Mon, Jul 16, 2018 Updated: 13:36, Mon, Jul 16, 2018 An unsuspecting motorist knocked over a box of containers that housed individual Brazilian bird-eating tarantulas and their babies in ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Every fall, male tarantulas will travel up to 20 miles across southeast Colorado to find a mate. While thousands participate in the “mate-gration,” around one-third of them won’t ...

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 ...

6ix9ine is out here taking on Fear Factor challenges for Instagram likes. On Thursday (May 18), Tekashi shared a video to his IG page that shows him eating a tarantula. In the video (below), the ...

On a Saturday evening in March, while herds of St. Patrick's Day revelers clad in green pushed through Times Square past tourists gawking at a guy dressed as a giant Transformer, a wholly different ...

A spider that is a pet to some and a worst nightmare to others is emerging from the shadows this summer to make appearances around Texas. MOSQUITO SEASON: Mosquitoes in Houston: A newcomer’s guide on ...

Aaron Phoenix, 36, says he has a collection of more than 700 pet tarantulas, making him a real-life Spider-Man. He's developing a website, with plans to open a spider store. SWNS Arachnophile Aaron ...