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, ...

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 ...

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 last ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. The bats live in South and Central America and are basically “living Draculas,” ...

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, ...

For vampire bats, regurgitating blood into a roostmate's mouth is a sign of ultimate trust. It's a risky strategy for the creatures, who don't know if donating their food will be reciprocated. Vampire ...

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 ...

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 journal ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) You can probably ...