tarantula

Sir Gavin Williamson has said his pet tarantula, who once lived on his desk in the Houses of Parliament and Ministry of Defence, has died.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

There were questions over whether he was allowed to keep the tarantula in the Houses of Parliament.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Researchers have identified four previously unknown tarantula species in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa, and they turned out to be far more unusual than expected.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 6, 2026

When I opened up the cover, it was a dead tarantula.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Sinita’s voice sounded as disgusted as if she were asking Lina if she had fallen in love with a tarantula.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

"If you go in at night, you see the eyes of the tarantulas that live inside. But once you walk down a ten-meter-long tunnel underground, you start finding the fossils."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

While tarantulas can deliver a painful bite, they are not considered harmful to humans.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

I’m a Texan, so I’ve been around tarantulas my whole life, I knew what it was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

In particular, he said he saw spiders like tarantulas “as a newer pet trend in the United States.”

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026

The Los Baños internment camp is also overrun with mosquitoes, bedbugs, rats, mice, roaches, centipedes, flies, tarantulas, and snakes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly