As far as pets go, spiders aren’t always at the top of the “favorites” list. They are gaining in ... There are many species of wolf spiders to look into before deciding if they are the ...

Hank Guarisco, a Lawrence-based independent arachnid researcher, said more than 500 species of spiders live in Kansas but probably only one common breed of tarantula called Texas browns.

Cilantica agasthyaensisis one of the new species included in a new genus of tarantulas from the Western Ghats. | Zeeshan Mirza via Mongabay A researcher described four new species of tarantulas ...

A spotted orb weaver is shown in its web Upcountry. It is one of approximately 205 species of spiders in Hawaii, of which an estimated 77 species have been introduced by people accidentally or ...

Despite their name, tarantula hawks (Pepsis genus) are actually a species of spider wasp. You can see the largest species of tarantula hawk wasp, Pepsis heros, at the Museum. It's on diplay in Hintze ...