There are over 700 islands in the Caribbean Sea, formed by volcanic activity and tectonic shifts. Many diverse ecological ...

Venezuela is on the northern coast of South America, bordered by the Caribbean Sea. Its diverse geography includes the Andes ...

In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured stunning images of a "cosmic tarantula": the Tarantula Nebula. The nebula, officially called 30 Doradus, earned its spider nickname because "the region ...

The males of four newfound tarantula species have extremely long genitalia so that they can keep their distance from ...

I don’t mean for the blog to be all Hubble all week, but c’mon. Just look at that picture! Phil Plait Phil Plait writes Slate’s Bad Astronomy blog and is an astronomer, public speaker, science ...

The third annual Tarantula Festival brought visitors to the state’s southeastern town of La Junta over the weekend to witness the mating season of Colorado’s brown tarantula. These two-toned creatures ...

It's been wet in Texas this year — exceptionally wet, as a matter of fact. With record amounts of rain, Texas is more than a little hot, green and rife with happy insects. Take the tarantula hawk, for ...

VIDEO: Only one makes it out alive.