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 ...

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 ...

Yes, that's right, contrary to myth, vampire bats don't suck blood. They lap it, like a dog or cat laps water. But first, they make a small cut with their razor-sharp teeth, so sharp, that they can ...

Bats are stars in the world of movies, featuring in films about the unnatural, from Dracula to Batman. But are they the blood ...

Vampire bats made to run on treadmills in a lab reveal secrets of the special metabolism fueling them from blood consumed only minutes before. This is peculiar since in most animals, including humans, ...

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 ...

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, ...

When these mammals are ill, they have fewer interactions with family and friends, a new study suggests. “It’s like us,” said one researcher. By David Waldstein Vampire bats, those bloodsucking, flying ...

Vampire bats got a bum rap in their association with Halloween and all things spooky and sinister. That reputation has been extended to all bats, which seldom, if ever, morph into immortal ...

Scientist Simon Ripperger spends his days strapping tiny computers to the furry backs of vampire bats in Panama. These tracking sensors document social interactions in a process called biologging. “We ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) You can probably ...