LA JUNTA, Colo. — Finding a mate is risky business this time of the year for the Colorado brown tarantulas that populate southeastern Colorado. In the late summer, thousands of male tarantulas scour ...

Be warned. Thousands of tarantulas will be making their way across Colorado very soon. No, it’s not the plot from the 1990 film “Arachnophobia,” but a perfectly normal, and very real (albeit creepy to ...

It's about prime time for one of Colorado's most curious, notorious wildlife events. If you're thinking of the elk rut, think smaller. And eight-legged. But yes, just like the bulls go looking for ...

LA JUNTA, Colo. — Finding a mate is risky business this time of the year for the Oklahoma brown tarantulas that populate southeastern Colorado. In the late summer, thousands of male tarantulas scour ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Calling all spider lovers: It’s almost time for thousands of male tarantulas to crawl across 433,000 acres in southeast Colorado for their mating season. If you aren’t creeped out by ...

Each year, male brown tarantula trek across Colorado to look for ladies. From mid-September to mid-October, they leave the safety of their burrows to go on journeys that will take interesting turns as ...

Tarantulas are looking for love in southeastern Colorado. The city of La Junta capitalizes on the spiders' annual season of romance by hosting a tarantula festival. Watch out, people. Tarantulas are ...