As if it were not enough that vampire bats can swoop down from the sky to get a blood dinner from their victims, it turns out that they can also run across the ground to sneak up on them. No other bat ...

Monterey >> Wide black wings spread, the Central and South American vampire bats fly on their nightly hunts for a blood meal, but they are also surprisingly good runners. It turns out the blood-loving ...

Bats aren’t just flying creatures of the night. See how the Mexican free-tailed bat and others can also walk and explore on ...

Despite keeping mosquito populations down and helping to pollinate more than 700 different crops, bats in general get a pretty bad rap -- though it’s tough to say if seeing one running helps or ...

The littlest vampire lurks in the shadow, nestled under her mother's wing to nurse. This new arrival is the first captive birth in the United States of a rare vampire bat _ one of two bat species that ...

With gargoyle-like faces, razor-sharp fangs and an insatiable thirst for blood, vampire bats are nightmare fuel. And that’s before they start running. Unlike most bats, which largely avoid the ground, ...

Lubee Bat Conservancy, a 110-acre ranch in Gainesville that's home to several bat species, opened its doors Saturday for the 12th annual Florida Bat Festival. Visitors flooded the conservancy, moving ...

Let’s get spooky! We’re excited to share with you our Halloween costumes for this year. We’re flying by night and taking to the sky. The best part? We’re showing you how you can whip up your own ...

Q. Halloween brings forth some menacing creatures. The scariest to me is Dracula when he is a blood-sucking bat turning people into vampires. It got me wondering: Are vampire bats real? If so, have ...

The overwhelming majority of bats are friends of humanity. They gobble up the insects that bite us and ruin our crops. They pollinate flowers and they replant forests by spreading seeds around. But as ...

Only three mammalian species are sanguivorous—that’s blood feeding—and they are all bats. Blood, apparently, is not that nutritious. It has almost no carbs, fats, or vitamins; its high iron levels can ...