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

Vaccinating vampire bats against rabies can help prevent the spread of the disease to livestock and humans. NPR's Scott Simon ...

On Bat Appreciation Day, it’s time to cast aside old fears and marvel at the bizarre, spectacular, and downright awe-inspiring journey of bats. From the blood-drinking vampire bats lurking in ...

Vampire bats share their blood meals, but they don’t do this with just any ol’ bat. These flying mammals are known to form tight social bonds and build relationships that last for years.

Vampire bats, native to Central and South America, feed exclusively in the wild on blood from live animals. If they go about 48 hours without a meal, they die.

Vampire bat saliva has an anticoagulant that increases blood flow, but bats do not actually suck the blood from their victims. Instead, they make tiny incisions and lap up the flow.

After the vampire bats ate, they were each placed on a miniature treadmill. According to Welch, the dexterous bats initially used their thumbs to hook into crevices to avoid the moving belt.

The death of a vampire bat 19 days after giving birth presented scientists studying the animals in 2019 with an unexpected chance to observe a rare event: a female bat's adoption of an unrelated baby.

Vampire bats generally target other animals to feed, but will turn on humans if food is scarce -- and these creatures are one of the main transmitters of the disease.

Two decades ago squeaks at Hanningfield alerted conservationists to the presence of soprano pipistrelles, which are among the ...