The tarantulas have black bodies with thin hairs called setae on their abdomens in orange or red. "This discovery represents ...

Tarantulas are one of the most well-known types of spiders. There's a reason fake tarantulas are sold at Halloween — some people think they're creepy. But others like them and keep them as pets.

Of the roughly 18,000 new species discovered each year, a few have a certain star quality. In 2008, when an orange-haired, ornately patterned spider was found in Malaysia, it was named Heteropoda ...