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 ...

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 ...

There’s more to the common vampire bat than just blood-sucking. Research tracks their relationships and sharing of blood meals. You can probably picture a vampire: a pale, sharply fanged, undead ...

In spirit with the season, we’d like to say a couple of words about the noble vampire bat. Noble? Well, maybe not noble. But the bats, unlike the vast majority of animals, form favor-swapping ...

With Halloween approaching, few creatures are as closely linked to the season's spooky imagery as bats. With their large ears ...

Surviving on blood alone is no picnic. But a handful of genetic tweaks may have helped vampire bats evolve to become the only mammal known to feed exclusively on the stuff. These bats have developed a ...

Parasites are incredibly diverse. Here’s why they matter. Parasites are incredibly diverse. Here’s why they matter. Vampire Bats Survive by Only Eating Blood—Now We Know How Vampire Bats Survive by ...

For people who live in temperate countries, vampire bats are colorful items for horror stories. In Latin America they are a too real horror. They carry rabies and transmit it to humans and animals, ...

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 ...