A girl in Texas was thrilled when she discovered that she had received a tarantula on Christmas morning. Footage taken by ...

There are over 50 species of tarantula native to Argentina. Learn more about them in our complete list of tarantula species ...

The Malaysian purple-femur tarantula inhabits easily recognizable silk-sealed burrows in a hilly area of Malaysia that covers around 10 square miles, making it an easy target for poachers.

A house filled with snakes and spiders might be straight out of many people's nightmares, but to longtime exotic pet keeper ...

A craze for exotic pets is thought to be behind a dramatic surge in the trafficking of tarantulas into the UK. In just one month this year, officers seized more than 2,000 live tarantulas at once, 302 ...

A guided walkthrough of a reptarium bug wall turns into an emotional journey of fear, learning, and personal growth. The video introduces a wide variety of insects and arachnids, explaining how they ...

A rare tarantula species is being driven toward extinction by the illegal exotic pet trade, the Center for Biological ...

The international wildlife trade is a multibillion-dollar industry that impacts hundreds of millions of plants and animals.

Seven threatened galaxy frogs (Melanobatrachus indicus) are gone from a research site in India’s Western Ghats after ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.

With 2025 drawing to a close, the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is celebrating some of the year’s most significant steps ...