Scientists have found the first evidence of vampire bats supping on human blood. Diphylla ecaudata, also known as the hairy-legged vampire bat, inhabits forests in northeastern Brazil and is one ...

Whichever method is used to mitigate vampire-bat-human conflicts, more empathy for these misunderstood animals could only help. After all, if you stick your head into a hollow tree full of vampire ...

Vampire bats hit the treadmills ... percent of energy generation for the average human, according to the study. The researchers suspect that the bats may even use amino acids to power their ...

In Mexico, vampire bat rabies costs the livestock industry more than $46.7 million per year, according to a 2020 USDA report. And there’s the risk to human health. Infected cattle can spread ...

Bats in the tropics of the Americas are a reservoir for morbilliviruses—a genus of RNA viruses that includes the human ...

There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. Blood is not very nutritious, and vampire bats that ...