"Adaptation to specialised diets often requires modifications at both genomic and microbiome levels," they write in the journal, Nature Ecology and Evolution. The common vampire bat (Desmodus ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered that common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) possess a unique metabolic ...

A vampire bat can gallop merrily along ... "marking a striking example of convergent evolution among both vertebrate and invertebrate obligate blood-feeding animals." No bats were harmed in ...

Vampire bats establish friendships by sharing regurgitated blood with their neighbours in a "kind of horrifying French kiss", a new study says. Researchers observing the mammals said their sharing ...