Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vampire bats have complex social relationships. Samuel Betkowski/Moment via Getty Images You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, ...

"So blood is the only thing they eat. So we didn't have to worry that maybe they'd eaten some fruit earlier in the day, that's not part of their diet. So they would have exclusively eaten blood the ...

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 ...

Sometimes when people hang around one another long enough, they begin using the same slang, vocal inflections and pitch. Humans can pick up and mimic the sounds and words of the people around them, ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood. The bats live in South and Central America and are basically “living Draculas,” ...

Parasites are incredibly diverse. Here’s why they matter. Parasites are incredibly diverse. Here’s why they matter. Vampire Bats Survive by Only Eating Blood—Now We Know How Vampire Bats Survive by ...

Of the more than 1,200 species of bats, four are vampires, meaning they subsist wholly on the blood of other animals. The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), like all vampire bats, lives in ...

Are climate change and hotter temperatures going to result in blood-drinking vampire bats swarming across Florida? Possibly someday, according to a new study published in the journal Ecography last ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) You can probably ...