A little-known shark has earned the unsettling nickname "vampire" due to its unusual feeding behavior. Observations suggest ...

Scientists determined that the skull belonged to a lower-class European woman who lived to be 61 years old. The surprising discovery is related to the belief of the inhabitants of Venice at that time ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have figured out why vampire bats are the only mammals that can survive on a diet of just blood.

TONOSI, Panama -- Cattleman Francisco Oliva was on a roundup -- of vampire bats. After a swarm of the blood-slurping creatures dive-bombed his herd and drank their fill one recent night, he corralled ...

Scottish scientists in the Amazon are helping to tackle a growing threat from vampire bats, which carry the deadly rabies virus. Researchers say more humans and livestock are being bitten by the bats ...