Bright colors in the animal kingdom usually mean danger. And the bright colors of the tarantula hawk definitely mean danger, not only because of the powerful sting that it possesses, but danger to its favorite victim, the tarantula. Tarantula hawks, which ...

Watch out, arachnophobes; you’re about to be seeing a lot more tarantulas around. As the weather begins to cool and the season for spooky decorations approaches, brown tarantula mating season is also upon us. Generally running from late August through ...

It's been wet in Texas this year — exceptionally wet, as a matter of fact. With record amounts of rain, Texas is more than a little hot, green and rife with happy insects. Take the tarantula hawk, for example. In case you've never heard of it, it's a ...

"You can't order the tarantula today," the man behind the counter at Bull City Burger and Brewery said to the front of the lunch rush line. Yes, Thursday's tarantula burger was already spoken for, claimed through a lottery by Mark Christmann, a cook from ...