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

Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures metabolized the blood they ...

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 ...

Scientists put the bloodsucking mammals on a treadmill to understand how they get the energy to chase down their next meal.

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 ...

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 ...