Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the animals on tiny treadmills. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Did you know that vampire bats are the only mammals that feed entirely on blood? These little guys are mostly found in Latin America and have some creepy yet fascinating habits. They sneak up on their ...

In the Atacama Desert of southern Peru, Humboldt penguins can become the target of vampire bats, whose main source of food is the blood of other animals. Although vampire bats in this region ...

“They don’t want to flutter down and drop right on the back of a cow,” said Kenneth Welch, a biologist at the University of Toronto Scarborough, who studies vampire bats and other animals ...

Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers ... Thus researchers, who were curious about what fuels the animals use, could coax the vampires — at least for a little while — to ...