Many people would not describe bats as cute. This is likely because of bats’ associations with viruses, darkness, and evil. Granted, bats are somewhat weird animals, being the only mammals that can ...

Vaccinating vampire bats against rabies can help prevent the spread of the disease to livestock and humans. NPR's Scott Simon talks with epidemiologist Tonie Rocke about a new way to vaccinate bats.

Nearby, a red-rumped agouti — a South American rodent that looks like a large, long-legged guinea pig — scuttled behind a tree trunk. A few feet away, an Arabian sand cat put its paw inside a log to ...

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These suckers are fast. Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures metabolized the blood they feed on, according to a newly published study. The … ...

At home in the tropical forests of Central and South America, vampire bats feed on various animals, including tapirs, mountain lions, penguins and livestock.

Vampire bats have been put on a treadmill as a study showed the special way they use blood for energy - as well as how quickly they can run.

Bats might be known as the only flying mammals, but now researchers are putting their other modes of locomotion to the test. The diets of vampire bats have long baffled scientists, until now.

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

Vampire bats have complex social relationships.Feeding on a blood diet is unusual for a mammal and has led to many unique adaptations that facilitate their uncommon lifestyle. Unlike other bats, ...

A behavioral ecologist explains the reciprocal social relationships vampire bats maintain, in sickness and in health.

There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, is the most ...