Vampire bats made to run on treadmills in a lab reveal secrets of the special metabolism fueling them from blood consumed only minutes before. This is peculiar since in most animals, including humans, ...

"So blood is the only thing they eat. So we didn't have to worry that maybe they'd eaten some fruit earlier in the day, that's not part of their diet. So they would have exclusively eaten blood the ...

Humans are often happy to share food with their friends, but what about animals? Contrary to their reputation, vampire bats are surprisingly social and generous, and a well-fed bat will even ...

HUFFINGTONPOST.COM - U.S. health authorities have announced the first death by a vampire bat in the United States. According to the AFP, on July 15, 2010, a 19-year-old man was bitten by a vampire bat ...

The study documents in-depth how the confluence of geography, population traits and climate change affect the spread of infectious disease from bats to other species and proposes new models for ...

In an unusual study, researchers found that bats that interacted closely with one another shared much more than body heat. In an unusual study, researchers brought vampire bats from distant Panamanian ...

Female vampire bats establish an egalitarian community within a roost rather than a society based on a clear hierarchy of dominance that is often seen in animal groups, a new study suggests. Female ...

The Halloween season features all sorts of animals and the spooky tales involving them. Once you start to learn a bit more about these animals and where their Halloween legends came from, they might ...