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 ...

But every good rule deserves an exception. Vampire bats, for example, feed only on blood: an energy drink low in lipids and carbohydrates, and rich in protein. This realisation led Giulia Rossi ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source similarly to blood-sucking insects. In their study published in the ...

Vampire bats’ gory habit of feeding on mammalian blood allows them to transmit the deadly rabies virus, endangering people and livestock across Latin America. Now, scientists have learnt that ...

Now, a new study published in Royal Society Open Science suggests that vampire bats are more likely to take on an orphaned infant if they were friends with the infant’s biological mother.

WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - When one thinks of vampire bats, friendship and cooperation may not be among the qualities that come to mind for these blood-feasting creatures of the night.

U.S.-based scientists say analysis of the only-known fossil of a blood-sucking bat fly reveals the vampire-like parasites were malaria carriers at least 20 million years ago. The unique specimen ...