Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vampire bats have complex social relationships. Samuel Betkowski/Moment via Getty Images You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, ...

The strong relationship formed between two female adult vampire bats may have motivated one of the bats to adopt the other’s baby. Elisabeth King Foster mother, BD, feeds her adopted vampire bat pup ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) flies during its nocturnal hunt in Belize in this handout photo released on February 20, ...

Vampire bats feed exclusively on blood, as many people know, but less is known about how or why they adapted to thrive on such a strict diet. There are three species of vampire bats. Together, they ...

A lot of people are scared of bats, so given our proximity to Halloween, we thought we’d remind you of how polite they are! Today, we stumbled upon the cutest video of a baby bat flapping its wings.

Although most people think of bats as stealthy mammals that flit about in the night sky, at least one species has evolved a terrestrial trot never before seen in bats, according to a recent Cornell ...

WASHINGTON – If you want to know how vampire bats can survive on a diet that — as everyone knows — consists exclusively of blood, the answer is simple. It’s in their genes. Scientists on Monday said ...

Vampire bat pup receives regurgitated food from an unrelated female bat. Credit: Gerry Carter lab surveillance camera video. During a study with captive vampire bats at the Smithsonian Tropical ...