Tarantulas are one of Arizona’s most misunderstood desert dwellers, but they’re helpful neighbors. These fuzzy, eight-legged hunters may look intimidating but they’re pest control pros, snacking on ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — If you’re out hiking, exploring the desert, or just enjoying a late summer evening, you might spot a large, hairy visitor crossing the trail. But don’t panic. It’s just tarantula ...

PHOENIX — A Valley park needs help naming its newest resident. McDowell Mountain Regional Park is on the hunt for a name for a baby tarantula. A developer found the spider at a construction site and ...

Glendale's Thunderbird Conservation Park trailheads are set to close one at a time through summer 2027 for various improvement projects. A woman crossing Northern Avenue in Glendale was hit by a car ...

If you’re hiking or camping in the arid Southwest and West in the next few months, get ready for what could be the experience – or fright – of a lifetime. Across the United States, in California, ...

Tarantulas are typically found in warmer, drier climates. Although venomous, tarantula bites are not life-threatening to humans, but can be painful. It is legal to own a tarantula in Ohio without a ...