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, ...

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 ...

Vampire bats got a bum rap in their association with Halloween and all things spooky and sinister. That reputation has been extended to all bats, which seldom, if ever, morph into immortal ...

(via TEDEd) Follow the nighttime routine of a vampire bat as it hunts for prey, and find out how these unique creatures work together to survive.

Vampire bats might have developed a creepy reputation with all the eating blood and flapping about at night, but their ability to survive off an entirely blood-based diet is part of what makes them so ...

Beware the bat, comics and horror movies would have us believe. But out of the roughly 1,000 bat species that inhabit Earth, only three drink blood, and it’s usually just a sip from an unsuspecting ...

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, ...

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KidsPost asked our expert on all things gross, Washington pediatrician Howard Bennett, to tackle this question just in time for Halloween. Since he's writing a book called "The (Gross) Facts of Life," ...