Aaron Phoenix, 36, says he has a collection of more than 700 pet tarantulas, making him a real-life Spider-Man. He's developing a website, with plans to open a spider store. SWNS Arachnophile Aaron ...

When an animal shelter was called to come and rescue a tarantula which was stuck on a roof, they could not have expected what they found. Staff from the Peninsula Humane Society in California arrived ...

An arachnophile has collected 120 pet tarantulas which all have their own bedroom. Aaron Phoenix, 34, has spent around $1,312 on buying 80 different species, some of which have a leg span as big as 10 ...

Imagine having a pet tarantula. They're not easy to keep - they require the perfect conditions, from the right temperature to food, to thrive. Now, imagine losing that pet tarantula, knowing that a ...

Owner Tyler Kirk holds a tarantula at his Spider Shoppe exotic-animal store in Tacoma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 ...

A new medical case report reaffirms why even largely non-venomous tarantulas can make questionable pets. Some respond to stress by expelling a cloud of barbed hairs that can lodge in especially ...

LOS ANGELES — Tarantulas are the heaviest, hairiest, scariest spiders on the planet. They have fangs, claws and barbs. They can regrow body parts and be as big as dinner plates, and the females eat ...

WELLESLEY (CBS) – Wellesley High School math students received an unexpected visitor this week as a student accidentally brought his pet tarantula to class. Wellesley sophomore Leon Xiong was in ...

Appropriately, it was Halloween day when our 11-year-old son, Kellis, returned from a Boy Scout camping trip with his new pet tarantula. He asked me if he could keep it, and I said, "Sure, as long as ...