Aaron Phoenix, 36, says he has a collection of more than 700 pet tarantulas, making him a real-life Spider-Man. He's developing a website, with plans to open a spider store. SWNS Arachnophile Aaron ...

A new medical case report reaffirms why even largely non-venomous tarantulas can make questionable pets. Some respond to stress by expelling a cloud of barbed hairs that can lodge in especially ...

Pet tarantulas are nothing like their B-movie counterparts: Their bites are rarely fatal; they're generally more afraid of you than you are of them; and they certainly aren't the size of three-story ...

Tarantulas make wonderful pets, but some people have an irrational fear of them. They wrongly believe that they possess a deadly bite and that these large spiders are vicious monsters. The reality is ...

The fire broke out early Tuesday morning on Ruth Morris Road between Crestview Road and West Lake Drive. Arriving firefighters saw smoke pouring out a window of the one-story structure, which was made ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here's some advice stemming from the unusual case of a man who had spider hairs stuck in his cornea: Be sure to cover your eyes when hanging around with your pet tarantula.

Owner Tyler Kirk holds a tarantula at his Spider Shoppe exotic-animal store in Tacoma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 ...

WELLESLEY (CBS) – Wellesley High School math students received an unexpected visitor this week as a student accidentally brought his pet tarantula to class. Wellesley sophomore Leon Xiong was in ...

SAN MATEO, Calif. (KRON) – Bay Area residents are starting to put up their Halloween decorations. One realistic decoration led to a concerned citizen reporting it on Tuesday in San Mateo. The ...