Herndon points to the gooty sapphire ornamental—an eye-catching, critically endangered metallic-blue tarantula discovered in a single locale in India in 2001. Traffickers began smuggling them to ...

A fort with 15 smaller forts and 108 ancient ponds? Welcome to Gooty—where history outdoes imagination. Perched high on a rugged hilltop in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district, Gooty Fort ...

ANANTAPUR: Senior IAS officer K. Ramakrishna Rao, a native of Gooty town in Anantapur district, has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Telangana. Following the announcement, residents of the ...

Peacock Spider. Image by Jean and Fred Hort, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Spiders are fascinating creatures, and ...

which is home to some of the world's most at-risk reptile and spider species, including the panther chameleon, the strikingly blue gooty ornamental tarantula, and the Chinese crocodile lizard.

The Gooty tarantula, or the metallic blue tarantula, is the most visually striking species of arboreal tarantula. It is named after the town in Andhra Pradesh, India, from where the first specimen ...

Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk. With its striking blue and orange colors, this wasp is a top ...

They may look menacing, but spiders have many predators, including army ants. Scientists now suspect tarantula hairs prevent the species from becoming ant food. For the study, an international ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing [email protected]. A horde of baseball-sized tarantulas may soon start roaming across several Southern states. These hairy spiders, known as Texas ...

As summer starts its wind-down, a dramatic annual phenomenon is about to unfold: tarantula mating season. These large, hairy spiders, known for their imposing appearance and nocturnal habits ...

The aroboreal tarantulas, commonly known as ornamental tarantulas have become sought-after by collectors the world over for their beautiful and striking colouration patterns. Though in recent ...

The southwest Texas desert park also shared terrifying footage of the colorful wasp in action, as it carried a paralyzed tarantula off to its nest hidden inside a dark hole in the ground.