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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A rat attacks a bat as it flies by in this still image from a video that researchers captured. Gloza-Rausch, F. et al. Global Ecology and Conservation 2025, Knörnschild Lab, Museum für Naturkunde ...

SPIDERS can overpower BATS, it has been revealed – as a new picture shows a rare breed caught in a false widow’s web. Scientists in Galway have published the first record of a noble false widow spider ...

Haunted house attractions and ghost tours can be a lot of fun. Some things are naturally spooky, however, with no fake blood or recorded howls required. If you relish the notion of getting thrills and ...

A false widow spider has been documented eating a bat caught in its web in north Shropshire, in the first sighting of its kind. The noble false widow (Steatoda nobilis) is an invasive species of ...

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 ...