This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as 7 Old-Fashioned Myths About Bats. The large flying fox (Pteropus ...

A man has died and 40 people are receiving treatment for rabies after a group of vampire bats started feeding off humans. The attack in Salvador, Brazil, saw victims taking up to find their bed sheets ...

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 ...

Myths have done bats (and us) no favors. Here’s the real deal on these skeeter eaters and how we can help them, from Norfolk ...

Vampire bats made to run on treadmills in a lab reveal secrets of the special metabolism fueling them from blood consumed only minutes before. This is peculiar since in most animals, including humans, ...

There’s more to the common vampire bat than just blood-sucking. Research tracks their relationships and sharing of blood meals. You can probably picture a vampire: a pale, sharply fanged, undead ...

Vampire bats may have earned their name, as the Smithsonian Channel describes them... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR: Vampire bats are the only bats in the world that feed ...

In spirit with the season, we’d like to say a couple of words about the noble vampire bat. Noble? Well, maybe not noble. But the bats, unlike the vast majority of animals, form favor-swapping ...

Sensor data reveal greater noctule bats chasing, catching and chewing on birds during high-altitude, nighttime hunts.

The following is an excerpt from Bite: An Incisive History of Teeth, from Hagfish to Humans by Bill Schutt. When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org link on this page, Science Friday earns ...

Deforestation in Costa Rica raises the risk of cattle becoming infected with rabies by vampire bats, finds a new study. Deforestation in Costa Rica raises the risk of cattle becoming infected with ...