Vampire bats got a bum rap in their association with Halloween and all things spooky and sinister. That reputation has been extended to all bats, which seldom, if ever, morph into immortal ...

Q. Halloween brings forth some menacing creatures. The scariest to me is Dracula when he is a blood-sucking bat turning people into vampires. It got me wondering: Are vampire bats real? If so, have ...

Pity the poor vampire bat. It’s bad enough that it’s called a vampire bat, but lately the creature has been in need of some spin control. Last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Vampire bats, with their eerie reputation and unique diet, have long fascinated scientists. But how do they survive on a diet consisting solely of blood? A team of researchers at the University of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. They compared the genome of common vampire bats to 26 other bat species ...

Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some blood-feeding flies than like other known mammals, a new experiment shows. The common vampire bat ...

This photo shows a vampire bat in flight. (Sherri and Brock Fenton/AAAS via AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just ...