In the new study, published Nov. 6 in the journal Biology Letters, scientists captured 24 adult common vampire bats along ...

Vampire bats made to run on treadmills in a lab reveal ... Researchers suspect the bats are burning amino acids even to power their flight. “What’s even more impressive is they can sustain ...

A common vampire bat going out for its nocturnal hunt DNA analysis is giving clues to how the vampire bat can survive on blood alone. The bat can drink up to half its weight in blood a day unlike ...

Vampire bats establish friendships by sharing regurgitated blood with their neighbours in a "kind of horrifying French kiss", a new study says. Researchers observing the mammals said their sharing ...

And, unlike most bats, vampire bats are capable runners, meaning we could study their metabolism within a small treadmill rather than a flight tunnel. "We found vampire bats can fuel most of their ...