As twilight settles, the world’s most misunderstood mammals take to the skies. Bats, with their leathery wings and mysterious ...

The treatment is specific for the vampire bat; no other species is affected, and the anticoagulant does not appear to hurt the livestock even when injected directly into the stomach. At the present ...

Thus in both ecological and evolutionary terms, other members of this bat’s own species are its greatest competitors. So why would a vampire bat share its meal of blood? The answer is reciprocity.

as compared with the receptor genes of 11 other bat species. “Unlike other mammals, vampire bats lost bitter taste very recently, suggesting they may switch their diet from insects to blood in a ...

Their bites are so dangerous but tiny and painless that when they bite until and unless there is no blood loss or infection, ...

This bat species is part of the leaf-nosed bat family, meaning they have a triangular flap of tissue shaped like a leaf at the end of their noses. Those noses help them detect the scent of ...

Bats are an iconic symbol of Halloween and vampire bats in particular have earned themselves ... Bats are the only mammals capable of powered flight and there are over 1,100 species of these winged ...