Animals use many different kinds of adaptations to protect themselves. These animals, for example, have fangs!

The bat was reportedly found after it came into contact with a dog on the outdoor deck of a Boulder home and later tested ...

Aggression, stumbling, excessive drooling, paralysis, and seizures are potential signs of rabies in animals. Warmer weather means more outdoor fun and an increase in wildlife encounters, one of which ...

Have you ever wondered how vampires attain immortality? Join this vampire who transforms into a bat to overcome all the challenges that arise, in order to perform a ritual unlike any other!Oddbat is ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a large scale — making it possible to one day track the health ...

The Sistema Huautla cave system in Mexico, known as the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere, has been found to be even ...

The ability to cooperate and work together is not unique to humans; indeed, it's one of the most successful strategies for ...

The common vampire bat is the only vampire bat species that's capable of running; it uses a unique bounding gait to move quickly on the ground. Much like gorillas, they use their front limbs to ...

Researchers are even considering transmissible vaccines: They could genetically modify herpes viruses, which are quite common in vampire bats, to carry rabies genes and vaccinate large swaths of ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered that common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) possess a unique metabolic strategy, burning proteins directly for energy during exercise—a ...

Vampire bats have become such specialized bloodsuckers that they metabolize their food more like some blood-feeding flies than like other known mammals, a new experiment shows. The common vampire ...

Researchers are even considering transmissible vaccines: They could genetically modify herpes viruses, which are quite common in vampire bats, to carry rabies genes and vaccinate large swaths of ...