Vampire bats’ main fuel source is the blood they drink, scientists have confirmed – after putting the creatures on a treadmill. Most animals, including humans, use carbohydrates as their ...

Researchers tracked how vampire bats processed their blood meals as they sped along a treadmill for up to 90 minutes. Trilobites Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source similarly to blood-sucking insects. In their study published in the ...

Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some blood-feeding flies than like other known mammals, a new experiment shows. The common vampire ...

(Getty Images) Welcome to Opposite Month! Thanks to Halloween, October is rife with "black" imagery — black bats, black cats, black-caped vampires, black-haired witches — all of it spooky ...

They're gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for movies or books. Luckily, they're only imaginary … or are they? There are real vampires in the world of bats. Out of over 1,400 currently ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This undated image provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows the bat Hoary Potter. (Emma Busk/Bureau ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When you think about a beautiful animal, bats might not immediately come to mind. But for five years running, Thousands of people have cast their votes to decide which small toothy winged creature ...

Wildlife officials confirmed the presence in California of a bat-killing fungus that causes white-nose syndrome. Millions of bats in North America have died from white-nose syndrome. California ...