Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. The common vampire bat, ...

Vampire bats, often feared, are social creatures built for survival, not horror. They gently lap blood from animals, a ...

Unlike other bat species, vampire bats are very good at running along the ground. So, they figured they could put bats in treadmills that measure their oxygen intake and carbon dioxide output to ...

Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures metabolized the blood they feed on, according to a newly published study. The study, published in ...

Vampire bats. They strike fear in even the manliest of men. Mention them, and people walk around with shoulders hiked up to cover their necks.

A new study found that the movement of vampire bat habitats cause by climate change could increase the risk of rabies spill over events.

With more bat species than any other state, Texas could soon be adding another of the spooky variety. The vampire bat is moving toward the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, Texas Parks and ...

With gargoyle-like faces, razor-sharp fangs and an insatiable thirst for blood, vampire bats are nightmare fuel. And that’s before they start running. Unlike most bats, which largely avoid the ...

Vampire bats are the only exclusively blood-drinking mammals in the world, coming out at night with pointed teeth to pierce flesh. Vampire bat saliva has an anticoagulant that increases blood flow ...

Vampire bats made to run on treadmills in a lab reveal secrets of the special metabolism fueling them from blood consumed only minutes before. The research, published in the journal Biology ...