Students in Dr. June Olds' exotic pet medicine class were temporary tarantula caretakers last month. The Iowa State Vet Med students were responsible for naming their tarantula, feeding them little ...

Federal agents in Texas recently discovered some unusual cargo inside a Toyota truck at the southern border, finding more than 160 species of reptiles, spiders and centipedes hidden in the vehicle. On ...

Repticon is being held this weekend at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, aiming to connect with fellow reptile lovers and ...

Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 species of tarantulas, in addition to other spiders, scorpions, centipedes, geckos, lizards and snakes. Turtles ...

A craze for exotic pets is thought to be behind a dramatic surge in the trafficking of tarantulas into the UK. In just one month this year, officers seized more than 2,000 live tarantulas at once, 302 ...

A house filled with snakes and spiders might be straight out of many people's nightmares, but to longtime exotic pet keeper ...