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 ...

A tarantula makes its way across a trail in the Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park in Laguna Beach. (Marc Martin / Los Angeles Times) It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles ...

The sun sets as a male tarantula successfully crosses U.S. 350 outside La Junta in September 2021 in search of a female mate. Now through the early part of October is a good time to spot tarantulas in ...

If you’re hiking or camping in the arid Southwest and West in the next few months, get ready for what could be the experience – or fright – of a lifetime. Across the United States, in California, ...

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.

“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.” For a moment I didn’t pay much attention to the large insect buzzing around me. It was one of those gentle spring days and ...

WELL, THEY’RE BIG SPIDERS THAT MOST PEOPLE HATE, BUT THOUSANDS OF TARANTULAS. ARE COMING OUT OF HIDING FOR MATING SEASON. AS I’M WEARING SANDALS. THAT’S NOT A GOOD FEELING RIGHT THERE. YEAH. NOT GOOD.