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

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

While I browsed through one of the tarantula books, Zion continued moving the stacks of documents and boxes until he uncovered a large wooden desk buried beneath all the stuff.

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

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

Trapdoor spiders are small, secretive relatives of tarantulas.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

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