"Mexico has created successful legal captive breeding programmes with tarantulas. However, some Mexican breeders say that even these efforts may not be enough to produce specimens of Mexican ...

Among them was Nathan Villareal, a tarantula breeder from Santa Monica, California, who said he heard about the mating season ...

[WATCH: In the video player above, a tarantula captured on video by two campers in Black Mesa State Park in Oklahoma.] LA ...

Hank Guarisco, a Lawrence-based independent arachnid researcher, said more than 500 species of spiders live in Kansas but probably only one common breed of tarantula called Texas browns.

Some reptiles he buys from local breeders. “It always was a part ... For the most part tarantulas are harmless, despite what you might see on TV, Kirk said. “With my first tarantula, I used ...

Among them was Nathan Villareal, a tarantula breeder from Santa Monica, California, who said he heard about the mating season and knew it was a spectacle he needed to witness. Villareal sells ...

Among the visitors to the area was Nathan Villareal, a tarantula breeder from Santa Monica, California, who said he heard about the mating season and knew it was a spectacle he needed to witness.