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 ...

The face of a "vampire" whose remains were posthumously mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead can be seen for the first time in more than 400 years. Discovered in a grave at Racesa, a ...

Today, science has brought Zosia’s story back to life. Researchers from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Poland, along with ...

Vampire movies have trained us to expect the worst out of any creature that has "vampire" in the name. We only have ourselves to blame for that, as the vampires from the movies don't exist in real ...

Vampire bats feed exclusively on blood, as many people know, but less is known about how or why they adapted to thrive on such a strict diet. There are three species of vampire bats. Together, they ...

In 2006, an excavation of a small island in the Venice lagoon uncovered the remains of a 16th century 60-year-old woman buried with a brick in her mouth. One theory is that this brick was evidence of ...

Vampire bats subsist solely on blood: In technical terms, they’re what’s called “obligate sanguivores.” And the three species of vampire bats are the only mammals to have ever evolved this particular ...

A roost of common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus. Credit: Uwe Schmidt/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 Vampire bats have complex social networks, forming relationships with other bats that can vary on ...

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