Ask most people and they will tell you love can be risky business, but this time of year, one species has a monopoly on that risk: tarantulas. They are migrating through America’s plains by the ...

May through July is peak tarantula season in Austin. In the early summer months, the large hairy spiders emerge from their underground burrows and crawl around Texas in search of mates. Austin-area ...

There's a higher chance you'll encounter a creepy crawler on your next hike or walk in the Desert Southwest, seeing its mating season for tarantulas in the Lone Star State. These fuzzy spiders are out ...