Southern Colorado celebrated its annual Tarantula Fest on Saturday, Sept. 28, drawing hundreds of enthusiasts to La Junta to witness the arachnids’ fall mating ritual.

Discover the truth — and a few debunked myths — about the octo-legged, cobweb-spinning, lurking arachnid: The spider.

A wave of tarantula sightings might occur in the next few months across portions of the U.S. as mating season begins. The secretive spiders are rarely seen – except during mating season. The hairy ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Tarantulas are making their presence known on San Diego hiking trails this August, as male tarantulas emerge from their burrows in search of mates. During this busy tarantula ...

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 ...

Tens of thousands of tarantulas are starting to make their way above ground, in search of fuzzy love. But while that sounds like an arachnophobe’s worst nightmare, scientists say it’s not as scary as ...

Tarantula mating season is here — and if you're in the Southwest, you might see hordes of these fist-sized spiders marching across the landscape. From late summer through fall, male tarantulas emerge ...