Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. The common vampire bat, ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has shown that bats can tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without becoming ill, thanks to special adaptations of their immune system.

Sometimes, two different animals will evolve to have a similar adaptation, even when they are not closely related. Flight is an excellent example. Curious Kids: why bats sleep upside down, and ...

Feeding on a blood diet is unusual for a mammal and has led to many unique adaptations that facilitate their uncommon lifestyle. Unlike other bats, vampires are mobile on the ground, toggling between ...

Vampire running! from Carl Zimmer on Vimeo. But vampire bats have many other adaptations for drinking blood that are invisible. They use their combined senses–long-range vision, a sharp sense of ...

Credit: Daniel Romero/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. Researchers found 13 genes which they believe relate to critical adaptations for vampire bat survival and success.

Bat for Lashes portrays Nikki Pink, a woman with a dark secret she has been hiding from her lover in her new video for “Kids in the Dark.”The song will appear on her upcoming Lost Girls album ...

Last month, Natasha Khan announced that her next Bat For Lashes album, Lost Girls, would be coming out on September 6 via AWAL Recordings. At the time, she also shared the record’s lead single ...

Natasha Khan’s fifth album as Bat For Lashes, Lost Girls, is a couple months away. The album is an homage to Los Angeles, growing up in the ’80s, and the films that influenced Khan. We first ...

At first glance, “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” looks like the gift for kids who have everything: A starring role in one of dad’s Netflix movies. Yet Adam Sandler’s daughter ...

It’s been a few years now since Natasha Khan dropped her most recent Bat For Lashes album, 2016’s The Bride. She’s kept relatively quiet since then, but now she has returned with an ...

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