Halloween spider web decorations can trap and kill bats, experts warn

Fake spider webs may be a popular Halloween decoration, but wildlife experts are warning that the stretchy material can trap ...
The Aspen Times

Halloween’s most infamous animals: Why spiders and bats don’t deserve their creepy, spooky reputation

Halloween is an opportunity to celebrate that which is creepy, spooky, scary, and sometimes stranger than fiction. And for many, the celebrations conjure up images of two specific animals: spiders and ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Small, Stealthy Bats Use High-Frequency Vocalizations to Keep Their Chatter Out of the Range of Predators and Prey

New research shows that proboscis bats communicate with each other and echolocate at higher frequencies than scientists expected. This could help the animals sneak up to their targets and evade creatu ...
IFLScience

There Have Been At Least 50 Incidents Of Spiders Capturing And Eating Bats (That We Know Of)

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
ABC30 Action News

Photos: Spider catches, eats bat in web outside Texas home

POTEET, Texas -- We now know what nightmares are made of: huge spiders eating bats! Annette Alaniz Guajardo sent ABC11 photos of the bizarre event that happened at her Poteet, Texas, home Wednesday.
The Daily Gazette

MARTHA SEZ: In defense of bats and spiders

Most Halloweens I defend the rather murky reputation of bats in this column. I must admit bats are rather hideous, grotesque little gargoyles when you see them close up. Ever since my daughter Molly ...