Sure, a few bat species do, in fact, feed on animal blood. Some bats have a face only a biologist could love. And yes, bats can be reservoirs of disease. But in their more than 50 million years on ...

You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They're gnarly ...

For the frog-eating bats, meals can be treacherous. Some frogs are poisonous. Others are so big they could pose a danger. To ...

Image via Nenad Milosevic/ Unsplash. What animal has pointy teeth, is more active at night, and sleeps hanging upside down? You guessed it! A bat. Are you a fan of Batman or Dracula, or do you just ...

It's Bat Week, and to celebrate, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management is holding a competition to highlight some of America's ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source similarly to blood-sucking insects. In their study published in the journal ...

You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for ...