The sun sets over a rural road south of La Junta. It is a balmy night in mid-October. Enter the entomologist, behind the wheel of a red Ford Ranger, driving slow so he can scan the highway before him.

Owner Tyler Kirk holds a tarantula at his Spider Shoppe exotic-animal store in Tacoma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 ...

Julie Osbaldeston sent me back to talk to her husband, Steve, who was puttering around the terrariums in the rear of their pet store in Gardenville, Bucks County. When I found him, I told him I was ...

Canterbury Museum’s rare Mexican red knee tarantula, named ‘Rod nee’ by Kindercare Clyde Rd Early Learning Centre. At the end of this month four new tarantulas will take up residence in Discovery at ...

CHICAGO --- A single brief therapy session for adults with a lifelong debilitating spider phobia resulted in lasting changes to the brain's response to fear. The therapy was so successful, the adults ...

Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 species of tarantulas, in addition to other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, lizards and snakes. Turtles ...