The team sequenced genes responsible for taste receptors in all three vampire bat species as well as 11 other species of bat. Compared to fruit- and insect-eating bats, vampire bats had significantly ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source similarly to blood-sucking insects. In their study published in the journal ...

Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to understand how they get the energy to chase down their next meal. Researchers tracked how vampire bats processed their blood meals as they ...

You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They're gnarly ...