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

Bats typically eat insects, fruit, nectar, and pollen. However, three outlier bat species make meals of larger creatures: the white-winged bat (Diaemus youngi), the hairy-legged bat (Diphylla ecaudata ...

Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the animals on tiny treadmills. When you purchase through links on our site ...

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 ...

Researchers tracked how vampire bats processed their blood meals as they sped along a treadmill for up to 90 minutes. Trilobites Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to ...

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and Iowa State Universtiy are cooperating to find the best food for vampire bats, which each need about 2 tablespoons of blood a day. Vampire bats.

Vampire bats made to run on treadmills in a lab reveal secrets of the special metabolism fueling them from blood consumed only minutes before. This is peculiar since in most animals, including ...

Are climate change and hotter temperatures going to result in blood-drinking vampire bats swarming across Florida? Possibly someday, according to a new study published in the journal Ecography ...

There is a new study about vampire bats that, while perfectly timed for Halloween season, is raising alarms for the food supply chain and public health. The study, published Thursday in the ...

Like a vampire, it stalks its victims while they slumber, invading their flesh until they can take no more — and drop dead. A deadly fungus has been menacing hibernating bats across North ...

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 ...