Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 species of tarantulas, in addition to other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, lizards and snakes. Turtles ...

You might think the bigger the animal, the more it should cost on both legal and illegal animal markets. These four creepy crawlers defy that logic entirely. Forget smuggling drugs across borders to ...

Students in Dr. June Olds' exotic pet medicine class were temporary tarantula caretakers last month. The Iowa State Vet Med students were responsible for naming their tarantula, feeding them little ...

This video shows the complex yet fascinating molting of a tarantula. Specifically, it captures a Brachypelma boehmei. Also known as the Mexican Fireleg or Mexican Rustleg Tarantula, this species is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Owner Tyler Kirk holds a tarantula at his Spider Shoppe exotic-animal store in Tacoma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (Tony ...