Experts say Kansans don't need to be worried about the healthy population of tarantulas found in parts of the state, particularly in the southern tier of counties. The large, hairy spiders are ...

It's tarantula mating season, when male spiders scurry out of their burrows in search of a mate, and hundreds of arachnophiles flock to the small farming town of La Junta to watch them emerge in ...

In the ground under the tawny grasses, male California tarantulas are emerging from their underground lairs in search of mates. The large, hairy spiders slowly crawl along the ground seeking the ...