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 ...

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

The mythical chupacabra, with its gray, scaly skin and fangs, has intrigued and frightened communities across the Americas for decades.

Swallows infected with parasites move less and in smaller ranges than healthy ones – with detrimental effects on their ...

A Dracut man is facing a charge of animal cruelty in the brutal death of his roommate’s dog, authorities announced Wednesday.

What do sudden anxiety attacks, unexplained weight loss, and crippling fatigue all have in common? They can all be caused by ...

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

They say the whipping, tail twisting, head twisting and use of sharp objects to pierce the animals on top of overloading ...

The CDC study provides the largest window to date into how the bird virus first detected in March in dairy cows may be ...