tarantula

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

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Cronus was roughly 11 years old when he died, which is around the average life span of a male tarantula, according to experts at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

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

I had read every single tarantula book from the Desert Ridge Middle School library, the Phoenix Library, and the box we’d found in the storage shed.

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

"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

Connor also found an entire box of books about tarantulas.

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