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.

There are big spiders, and then there’s the Newcastle ‘Big Boy.’ First described in the early 2000s, this spider is the largest type of funnel-web spider found in Australia. Confusion over the Big Boy ...

Spiders are the largest order of arachnids, and they are found worldwide on every continent, except Antarctica. There are over 3,700 species of spiders in North America, and Texas alone is home to ...

After a brief foray into creatures big, flashy, and famous, we must return to form and focus on the spineless, creepy, and crawling. Today we’re shining a spotlight on one of the most loathèd ...

Scientists have discovered a giant spider web spanning about half the size of a tennis court and with some 111,000 spiders in ...