Vampire bats in Peru sometimes prey on penguin chicks, but the adult penguins are ready to fight back—with a little help from dirt and even poop.

The largest vampire bats today have a wingspan of 8 inches. A fossil vampire bat named Desmodus draculae had a wingspan of 20 inches. Seeing that hovering outside your window might lead you to ...

No other monster has their range, and it’s only fitting that vampires have left their distinctive fanged mark on the movies ...

Many questions received by the Museum concern the vampire bat. Because the true vampire bat of Central and South America feeds on blood, a popular misconception has been to link it to the human ...

also called Linnaeus’s false vampire bat. The latter are the largest of the New World bats, some with wings spanning up to three feet. Threats to their rain forest habitats are putting pressure ...

"They have this 'boom and bust' foraging experience, so they either hit it big and get a large blood meal or they're starved for that night. "Food sharing in vampire bats is like how a lot of ...

The Bat-Family is falling fast in their latest crisis event, with Batwoman joining the fallen, sacrificing herself to save ...

Bats are an iconic symbol of Halloween and vampire bats in particular have earned themselves a ghoulish reputation. But are they really the bloodsucking fiends they're made out to be? Bats are the ...

Halloween is approaching, and there's a chance you've seen this bat wine bottle opener on TikTok or Instagram. I did, and I ...

Don’t expect an immediate follow up to AMC’s impeccable Interview with the Vampire in 2023 — it hasn ... It’s All About the Bat, Man. Ok, it’s not all about Batman, but we’re still ...

Yeah, I’m not going to sugarcoat it – the dreaded padding out of the story to make it 12 issues long has begun. Still, dear reader, I feel obligated to warn you of what to expect as we dive ...