Vampire bats. They strike fear in even the manliest of men. Mention them, and people walk around with shoulders hiked up to cover their necks.

Now those bats sound scary . . . and they do exist, but only in Latin America. Vampire bats are the only mammals that live entirely on blood — usually that of horses or cattle. They seldom bite humans ...

Scientist Simon Ripperger spends his days strapping tiny computers to the furry backs of vampire bats in Panama. These tracking sensors document social interactions in a process called biologging. "We ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Vampire bats share their food by vomiting blood for each other, and now researchers think they might also call their roosting companions to feed on a bleeding animal with them.

Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to understand how they get the energy to chase down their next meal. Researchers tracked how vampire bats processed their blood meals as they ...

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 study, published in Biology ...

Scientist Simon Ripperger spends his days strapping tiny computers to the furry backs of vampire bats in Panama. These tracking sensors document social interactions in a process called biologging. “We ...