When a small spider eats up a snake, it makes the news. This is what happened in Brazil when a Tarantula spider devoured a snake under a rock. This surprised scientists at the Federal University of ...

In what may be a first for science, researchers marvel at a rare instance of a large spider snacking on a snake in the wilds of Brazil. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news ...

A tarantula (Grammostola quirogai) chows down on an Almaden ground snake (Erythrolamprus almadensis) in southern Brazil. Though captive tarantulas have been known to prey on snakes, this is the first ...

Researchers in Brazil were in for a terrifying surprise when they discovered a tarantula devouring a snake under a rock. Despite being just a fraction of the snake's size, the tarantula had the ...

These stomach-churning photos captured by researchers are the first to ever document a giant tarantula eating a snake in the wild. The team of scientists were left stunned and excited after they ...

Scientists say it's the first time a spider's slithery dinner has been seen in the wild EATING a footlong usually involves dollops of mustard and piles of onions. But this tarantula was hungry for a ...

When scientists in southern Brazil turned over a rock while looking for tarantulas, they came across something they never expected: a spider eating a snake. The tarantula, called Grammostola quirogai, ...

Imagine the most elegant of dinner parties. The meal: a ground snake. Your guest: a tarantula. No silverware necessary, as your dining partner has brought its digestive juices with it. This party took ...

Scientists have made a grisly discovery: the first recorded instance of a tarantula eating a snake in the wild. Leandro Malta Borges, a graduate student at Brazil’s Federal University of Santa Maria, ...

Like any critter, spiders get hungry. Tarantulas usually satisfy this by chowing down on other bugs, though large arachnids are also known to nibble on lizards and rodents. Researchers in Brazil made ...