LA JUNTA, Colo. — Finding a mate is risky business this time of the year for the Colorado brown tarantulas that populate southeastern Colorado. In the late summer, thousands of male tarantulas scour ...

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 ...

The end of summer in southeastern Colorado brings about a spectacle that isn’t for everybody. Near La Junta, thousands of tarantulas will be marching across the grasslands in search of mates. The ...

It’s tarantula mating season in Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico. The big spiders crawl across roads and between scrubby vegetation on the plains. You’ll often see dozens of the eight-legged ...

Experience the excruciating pain of being stung by a tarantula hawk—it's like nothing else! After massive raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia, non-Korean families in crisis Charlie Sheen was once a ...

Movies about the relationship between a person and one of God’s creatures is becoming a virtual genre of its own. My Penguin Friend, Penguin Lessons, The Starling and Penguin Bloom are recent examples ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The Butterfly Pavilion is stopping its decades-old meet and greets with Rosie the tarantula, a popular spider millions have held in their hands, to prioritize her health and comfort.

“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 ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — Tarantulas, beware. It’s officially mating season for New Mexico’s state insect, the tarantula hawk. They’re a type of spider wasp primarily known to hunt tarantulas in a ...

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.