Human encroachment typically means bad news for a given species (recent examples include giraffes and cheetahs), but one mammal appears to be fighting back. Researchers say the hairy-legged vampire ...

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Vampire movies have trained us to expect the worst out of any creature that has "vampire" in the name. We only have ourselves to blame for that, as the vampires from the movies don't exist in real ...

The genetic link between squids and octopuses may just be found in the vampire squid genome. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Vampire bats subsist solely on blood: In technical terms, they’re what’s called “obligate sanguivores.” And the three species of vampire bats are the only mammals to have ever evolved this particular ...

A roost of common vampire bats, Desmodus rotundus. Credit: Uwe Schmidt/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0 Vampire bats have complex social networks, forming relationships with other bats that can vary on ...

Vampire movies skip the indignities of the all-blood diet. (The endless peeing, the bloating…) Only three mammal species, all bats, have triumphed at vampire living. Evolving as blood feeders “has ...

When these mammals are ill, they have fewer interactions with family and friends, a new study suggests. “It’s like us,” said one researcher. By David Waldstein Vampire bats, those bloodsucking, flying ...

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Scientists have used data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope to discover a “vampire” star “sucking” the life out of another star. Experts discovered a surprising “super-outburst” from a dwarf nova, a ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Just ...