Humans are often happy to share food with their friends, but what about animals? Contrary to their reputation, vampire bats are surprisingly social and generous, and a well-fed bat will even ...

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 humans, ...

With Halloween upon us, spooky symbols of the holiday abound — including bats. It just so happens to also be International Bat Week, which celebrates the role of bats in nature. Coincidence? Perhaps ...

Despite keeping mosquito populations down and helping to pollinate more than 700 different crops, bats in general get a pretty bad rap -- though it’s tough to say if seeing one running helps or ...

Source: Photo by Oasalehm, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. In the wild, vampire bats form long-lasting social relationships with some of the individuals with whom they ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered that common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) possess a unique metabolic strategy, burning proteins directly for energy during exercise—a trait ...

Ever suddenly realize you had picked up certain words or ways of speaking from a close friend? It turns out that humans are far from the only animals who copy the sounds of their closest companions—a ...

Vampire bats may have earned their name, as the Smithsonian Channel describes them... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR: Vampire bats are the only bats in the world that feed ...

BOZEMAN — Thanks to humans, bat deaths are climbing worldwide because of collisions with wind turbines and the outbreak of white-nose syndrome. Those facts are found in a newly released study ...