Fans of spiders so big they could palm a tennis ball will be enthused to know that opportunities to hike with tarantulas, a yearly staple on East Bay’s Mount Diablo, will double in number in 2023.

Find out if you have arachnophobia or fall in love with spiders as naturalist and hike leader Ken Lavin introduces you to the gentle giants of Mount Diablo. Early fall is a busy time for local ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A tarantula sighting could be a sign that fall is just around the corner. For those who are more curious than squeamish, this is the time of year when you're most likely to ...

“Are you scared?” I asked the person next to me. We were both crouched over a tarantula roughly the size of my hand, our faces inches away from its hairy legs and enormous, fanged chelicerae. “No,” he ...

YEAR-ROUND WONDERS: You'd never want to be stuck under some sort of rigid heading or inside a box or within an static category. "Only eats pizza" probably isn't true for you (though everyone wonders ...

Now is the perfect time to consider the tarantula - and not just because it fits in with the Halloween motif. It's tarantula mating season, and the males are out crawling around various East Bay parks ...