When people talk about “the biggest spider,” they’re usually mixing two different records: the longest leg span and the ...

If we can get beyond our fears, spiders, beetles, caterpillars and other creepy-crawlies can make for fine family companions.

Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.

Day 22 of the 2025 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: The Heart of a Tarantula. This image, made by the James Webb Space Telescope, features the Tarantula Nebula’s star-forming region, seen here about ...