You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for ...

In the heart of Belize, bat scientists descend upon the more than 3,000-year-old Mayan ruins of the Lamanai Archaeological ...

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 ...

While often misunderstood, bats exhibit remarkable adaptability, with some species capable of walking on the ground. This ...

With Halloween just around the corner, I am going to indulge myself and write about the vampire bat. Although not found in Colorado, the myths and lore connected to this little creature are found ...

Are friendships formed with those we truly like? Or do we settle for whoever happens to be around? This question is hard to answer in humans, and even harder in other animals. But a new study of ...

A group of researchers showed that vampire bats who made friends with other vampire bats in captivity often kept said bonds in the wild. The research was published this week, showing that a ...

On 29th August 2019, Lilith, a vampire bat housed in the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, died, leaving behind a pup. Curiously, for Gerry Carter and Imran Razik — the scientists ...

Humans are often happy to share food with their friends, but what about animals? Contrary to their reputation, vampire bats are surprisingly social and generous, and a well-fed bat will even ...

Source: Photo by Oasalehm, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. In the wild, vampire bats form long-lasting social relationships with some of the individuals with whom they ...

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The strong relationship formed between two female adult vampire bats may have motivated one of the bats to adopt the other’s baby. Elisabeth King Foster mother, BD, feeds her adopted vampire bat pup ...