In this video, I help my mom confront her fear of spiders by introducing her to the Goliath Bird-Eating Tarantula, one of the largest spider species. This impressive tarantula can grow up to 1 foot in ...

Arachnophobia is one of the most common phobias in the world, with 3% to 15% of the global population fearing spiders. If you are one of the many with arachnophobia, there's one species on Earth you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bird-dropping spider (Phrynarachne decipiens, Thomisidae) is a species of crab spider. It mimics a bird dropping in its appearance ...

A researcher has discovered two new species of spider in the Phrynarachne genus. Like other bird-dropping crab spiders, they hide from predators by pretending to be bird poop. Not only do they hide in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You probably think of snakes as fearsome predators that sit near the top of the food chain. While that is often true, snakes are ...

The arboreal tarantulas Avicularia juruensis and Avicularia purpurea have two morphotypes depending on geographical location. Hapalopus species are commonly called “pumpkin patch tarantulas” because ...

Sometimes, the best survival strategy is disguising yourself like something no one wants to eat, much less mess with and dig around in: bird poop. That is the approach taken by newly discovered spider ...

Colombia is located in northwestern South America, with coastlines on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The Andes Mountains dominate the western landscape, while the Amazon rainforest and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From the warm, humid rainforests of Southeast Asia to the harsh, dry conditions of the Tibetan Plateau, over 125 tarantula species ...

Meet the impressive record-breaking species of the animal kingdom, from the the fastest shark, to the hairiest mammal or the ...

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