If you suffer from arachnophobia, this is the time of year when you’re most likely to run into one of your worst nightmares: a tarantula. It’s mating season for most of the 29 species of tarantulas in ...

(NewsNation) — They’re creepy, crawly and coming to a state near you. Tarantula mating season has begun, with high levels of humidity and heat drawing the cave-dwelling creatures outside their ...

It’s a crisp night in the rugged mountains above Los Angeles following the first rains of fall. This is the night of the lustful tarantula — and it’s filled with peril. Every year, male tarantulas ...

Tarantula mating season occurs in the fall, primarily in southwestern states. Male tarantulas wander in search of females, while females remain near their burrows. Tarantulas are generally docile but ...

For a male tarantula, mating is less an act of love and more a dance with death–especially if the female’s deadly fangs succeed in grabbing him, injecting him with venom, and liquifying his insides.