MISSION, Texas (KVEO) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas arrested a driver accused of trying to smuggle more than 160 exotic animals, including reptiles and arthropods, into Mexico ...
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 ...
You might think the bigger the animal, the more it should cost on both legal and illegal animal markets. These four creepy crawlers defy that logic entirely. Forget smuggling drugs across borders to ...
Owner Tyler Kirk holds a tarantula at his Spider Shoppe exotic-animal store in Tacoma on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Inside Tacoma’s newest exotic pet store, stacked terrariums offer glimpses of about 200 ...
WASHINGTON (CN) — The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the federal government Tuesday in hopes of protecting a Malaysian tarantula from the illegal exotic pet trade industry. The center ...
Repticon is being held this weekend at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland, aiming to connect with fellow reptile lovers and educate those who might be on the fence. Snakes, lizards, spiders, tarantulas ...
WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity formally petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to list the Malaysian purple-femur tarantula as endangered under the Endangered Species Act ...
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 ...