Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ideas ...

A recently published article studies the mutually beneficial ecological relationships and evolutionary adaptations of tarantulas. The study reveals that the infamous spiders are actually often on ...

Scientists have found evidence that the hairy bodies of some tarantulas keep them safe from a dangerous—but tiny—foe. Reading time 3 minutes Scientists may have solved a mystery about one of nature’s ...