Yes, it’s here again, that time of year when we stand in line for hours in order to pay a bunch of gore-spattered strangers good money to scare the bejeezus out of us with all manner of vile, venomous ...

Before now, the species had never been seen catching bats. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An invasive spider in the U.K. snagged ...

There's only one place in the world to escape bat-catching spiders: Antarctica. These arachnids ensnare and pounce on bats everywhere else in the world, researchers say. Bats rank among the most ...

A poisonous species of spider has been found eating bats for the first time. Researchers at the National University of Ireland in Galway studying the noble false widow spider found it preying on a ...

A spider feeding on a bat may sound strange and taken straight out of science fiction. But researchers have reported such an event from Kerala. It was a giant wood spider ( Nephila pilipes) that ...

Bats carry lots of viruses – including variants of the coronavirus that sparked the pandemic. But since bats don't often attack humans, the question is: What's the risk of these viruses being passed ...

A woman in Texas discovered that she has a horrifying new housemate. Photos and video of a spider sucking the blood out of a full-sized bat were posted to Facebook last week and have since gone viral.

A bat's enemies: owls, hawks, snakes, the Joker, spiders. Spiders? Yes. The incidence of spiders eating bats could be more widespread than initially suspected, reports a study published March 13 in ...

Scientists were surprised to see their recording of swarming bats revealed a rat attack. (Gloza-Rausch et al, Global Ecology and Conservation) Bats carry lots of viruses – including variants of the ...

There's only one place in the world to escape bat-catching spiders: Antarctica. These arachnids ensnare and pounce on bats everywhere else in the world, researchers say. Bats rank among the most ...