A South Korean traveler tried leaving Peru with hundreds of tarantulas, centipedes and ants strapped to his body, officials said. He was stopped at airport security and arrested. The 28-year-old ...

US Senate plan to make Trump tax cuts permanent raises 'debt spiral' worry A controversial plan by U.S. Senate Republicans to make President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts permanent by ignoring the ...

The largest species of tarantula hawk is Pepsis heros, which can reach up to 11 centimetres long. You can see a specimen of this large wasp from southeastern Peru at the Museum. It is in a display of ...

This is the peptide toxin (blue) isolated from the Peruvian green velvet tarantula binds to neuronal cell membranes and inhibits the pain receptor NaV 1.7 (orange) at the cell membrane surface.