Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The tarantula hawk is known to have one of the most painful ...

PHOENIX — The wasp that kills tarantulas and lives all over Arizona...I'll take a large NOPE with that. Have a fear of spiders, creepy crawlers or basically anything that is scarier in the bug world ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Did you know there are tarantulas native to northwest Louisiana? Or that they don’t spin webs to trap their prey as you see in horror movies? Imagine living the life of a ...