In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...

The researchers found that vampire bats — like blood-sucking insects — are capable of metabolizing amino acids as a primary ...

Many real-life animals known as hematophages that sustain themselves on blood for a more practical reason — survival. Some hematophages are well-known: For example, vampire bats in the subfamily ...

At home in the tropical forests of Central and South America, these bats feed on various animals, including tapirs, mountain ...

Some consider the resulting meat — known as Hákarl by Greenlanders — a delicacy. “Apparently it tastes like a very ripe ...

And, moreover, it doesn't take them long to do so. A vampire bat can gallop merrily along, fuelled by a meal of blood ...

Farmworkers in close contact with infected animals should be tested and offered treatment even if they show no symptoms, said ...

Musician Kon Waii Son's act of slaughtering a chicken and drinking its blood on stage during a live performance has left many ...

While researchers knew ethanol could naturally appear in fruits fed on by wild animals, they thought the phenomenon of drunk ...

more empathy for these misunderstood animals could only help. After all, if you stick your head into a hollow tree full of vampire bats—assuming you can brave the smell of digested blood ...

Federal health officials on Thursday called for more testing of employees on farms with bird flu after a new study showed that some dairy workers had signs of infection, even when they didn't report ...