The Goliath bird-eating tarantula is, as its name suggests, large enough to eat a bird. Tarantulas are among the deadliest predators. The fangs hold the prey and inject venom. Their mouth is designed ...

* Agatha, the zoo's Mexican red knee tarantula, is probably 25 to 30 years old. Zoo-keepers think she was donated by a woman whose son went away to college and didn't want to bring his pet tarantula ...

A trip to the Houston Zoo for spring break means a chance to travel back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. TXU Energy presents 'Jurassic Giants' is here with sixty new dinosaurs! Mel Camp was among ...

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