Only Australia’s huntsman spider has a longer leg span ... However, female bird-eating spiders don’t kill and eat the males after they mate as other tarantulas do. Females lay between 100 and 200 eggs ...

Tarantulas are beautiful and delicate creatures that require careful handling at all times. While some tarantula species will tolerate being handled, it’s really important to understand their behavior ...

From a distance, the 2cm-long pouch looked like the usual structure that spiders weave to shield their ... wildlife trade involving forest-dwelling tarantulas, he added. Said Mr Koh: “So long ...

Nearly all current cancer treatments started in a clinical trial. At any given time, Huntsman Cancer Institute has more than 300 cancer clinical trials open to patients. Taking part in clinical trials ...

California is home to redwood trees, rattlesnakes, and dozens of species of spiders. There are even wolf spiders in California — so named because they’re said to hunt like wolves. California is also ...

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