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 ...

You can probably picture a vampire: a pale, sharply fanged, undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for ...

Little Rock zookeepers announced the birth of three vampire bats. The staff at the Little Rock Zoo discovered the babies last week and estimate that they are about three weeks old and about 1 1/2 ...

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, ...

Last week, the Houston City Council cut a check to buy cow's blood to feed the vampire bats at the Houston Zoo. Right off the bat, I didn't even know they had bats at the zoo. The zoo is one of my ...

If you’ve ever caught yourself picking up a friend’s accent or slang, you already understand a little bit about vampire bats. A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B ...

Dr. Raymond Lee Ditmars, famed herpetologist of the New York Zoological Park (“Bronx Zoo”), has discovered that vampire bats from the American tropics do not, as commonly supposed, suck blood from the ...

Also called chronic wasting disease (CWD), zombie deer disease includes excessive drooling, progressive weight loss, and a ...

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 ...

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 ...