It got me wondering: Are vampire bats real? If so, have they been found in the United States? Have you ever seen one? A. The answer to all three questions is yes. As you note, the fictional Count ...

Blood is low in nutrients and can harbour deadly viruses. Vampire bats have key differences in genes involved in immunity and food metabolism compared with other bats. The researchers say the bat ...

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 ...

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) ...

In fact, there are no vampire bats native to Europe or Asia; they were not even known to exist before the 1500's when explorers visited the New World and observed their unusual eating habits. Indeed, ...

This Halloween, researchers have begun to unravel the secret to how bats evolved their bites - and thus how some evolved to become vampires. There are more than 200 species of noctilionoid bats ...

Vampire bats are the only mammals to feed entirely ... This hair cell network is thought to provide bats with a detailed real-time map of air flow over the wing during flight.

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 ...

Or vampire bats, rather. Of the over 1,000 odd species of bats you find worldwide, only three have evolved to exclusively gobble on blood for sustenance. Contrary to what you might have thought ...

In fact, many bats have excellent vision, especially the fruit bats, which rely on their eyesight to find food during the night. Bats might seem spooky, but they’re actually incredible animals that ...

After all, legends are really just stories. But they beg the question: Are vampires real? “If you strip down folklore and just come up with a standard set of facts, vampires very well could be ...

This time, Lawless's Maddy Rierdon, now a college professor, battles a swarm of deadly vampire bats that's terrorizing Louisiana. Shelly: Brett Butler. Hank Poelker: Timothy Bottoms. Fisherman ...