Some vampire bats in Brazil surprised scientists by adding human blood to their diets. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

Vampire bats now feasting on human blood. By Elizabeth Armstrong Moore Newser. Published January 17, 2017 7:00am EST | Updated January 17, 2017 10:42am EST. Facebook ...

Well, That Sucks: Vampire Bats Found Drinking Human Blood. News. By Mindy Weisberger published 17 January 2017 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Vampire bats have developed a taste for human blood By . Margi Murphy, The Sun. Published Jan. 12, 2017, 12:46 p.m. ET. A vampire bat is caught in a net in Aracy, in the northeast Amazon state of ...

Human blood is now on the menu. Wild vampire bats that were thought to exclusively feed on bird blood have been caught feeding on people for the first time, raising health concerns.

But what you probably didn't know is that vampire bats are among the few non-human animals known to show altruism. If a vampire bat doesn't feed for several days it will die of starvation.

These suckers are fast. Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures metabolized the blood they feed on, according to a newly published study. The … ...

Vampire bats, for example, feed only on blood: an energy drink low in lipids and carbohydrates, and rich in protein. ... Bipaternal human children, though, are still far away.

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 ...

Vampire bats are often found in Central and South America, Mexico and these bats feast on the blood of other cattle, large ...