It was a tense competition. Out of eight bats who were finalists in the Halloween beauty pageant, it was down to the ...

Vampire bats rely on amino acids from their blood diet to fuel their exercise, scientists discovered after observing the ...

Bats' biggest boon to humans may be in their diet. A single bat can eat thousands of insects per night, ridding the air of ...

These suckers are fast. Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures ...

Enjoy beautiful bat photography from conservationist and wildlife photographer Merlin Tuttle Marianne Taylor; Photographs by Merlin Tuttle Today is both Halloween and the last day of Bat Week ...

Bats are a natural to associate with Halloween. After all ... for thousands of years (Michael Hefferon, “Vampire myths originated with a real blood disorder,” Queen’s Gazette 2020).

With Halloween upon us ... built to ward off evil spirits. Bats swooped near the fire, interpreted to be the spirits themselves. Then, of course, there are vampire bats, which drink blood ...