A common vampire bat going out for its nocturnal hunt DNA analysis is giving clues to how the vampire bat can survive on blood alone. The bat can drink up to half its weight in blood a day unlike ...

Certain animals, known as hematophagous creatures, rely on blood for survival due to its rich nutrient content. Examples ...

There are only three species of these blood-sucking bats, and only one of them feeds regularly on the blood of mammals, the ...

"Blind as a bat" is a common saying yet one that is false. All bats can see ... Many questions received by the Museum concern the vampire bat. Because the true vampire bat of Central and South America ...

These are common vampire bats sharing food. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use ...

To snip the problem at the root, the research team plans to travel to Colombia — a mega-diverse tropical haven for bats — where they will investigate how the common vampire bats (Desmondus ...

“Ongoing climate change is linked to distributional shifts of (the bats) in tandem with continental-level changes in the risk of RABV spillover from wildlife to domestic animals.” Common ...

A colony of common vampire bats in Peru. This image relates to the work of Dr. Daniel Streicker, the 2013 Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists grand prize winner. Information on this ...

Thanks to a local anesthetic in their spit, vampire bats are able to drink blood from their prey without being detected. That way, they can feed undisturbed for up to a half hour at a time. (02:41) ...

Four of the nine species of Adirondack bats belong to the genus Myotis, the mouse-eared bats. The little brown bat is the most abundant of the four, and is the common bat of the region. During the ...

Vampire bats establish friendships by sharing regurgitated blood with their neighbours in a "kind of horrifying French kiss", a new study says. Researchers observing the mammals said their sharing ...

Bats are an iconic symbol of Halloween and vampire bats in particular have earned themselves a ghoulish reputation. But are they really the bloodsucking fiends they're made out to be? Bats are the ...