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

Sometime later Stanley saw a tarantula crawl across the dirt, not too far from his hole.

From "Holes" by Louis Sachar

Management called out tarantulas as “a newer pet trend” in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

"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

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

That included live snakes, tarantulas and lovebirds found hidden in vehicles stopped at the UK border.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

Connor also found an entire box of books about tarantulas.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling