Female vampire bats establish an egalitarian community within a roost rather than a society based on a clear hierarchy of dominance that is often seen in animal groups, a new study suggests. Female ...

We’ve long viewed vampires as lonely creatures of the night — solitary until they feast on human blood. But how true is that myth when it comes to vampire bats? However, these blood-sucking creatures ...

Vampire bats live in female-dominated groups, and they appear to groom and share food with each other equally without regard for social status. Unlike the “strict, obvious female dominance hierarchy” ...

A female vampire bat has adopted an orphaned baby bat and begun nursing it, after creating a close social bond with the baby’s mother before she died. Although female bats live in “maternity colonies” ...

Female vampire bats form strong social bonds with their mothers and daughters as they groom and share regurgitated meals of blood. They also form friendships with less closely related bats. Gerry ...

During nightly foraging trips, female vampire bats preferentially meet up with roostmates they have a close social bond with, according to a report publishing September 23 rd in the open-access ...

Vampire bat pup receives regurgitated food from an unrelated female bat. Credit: Gerry Carter lab surveillance camera video. During a study with captive vampire bats at the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Oct. 27 (UPI) --New research suggests vampire bats are better at following CDC guidelines than some humans. When a vampire bat gets sick, they spend less time around other members of the colony, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Female vampire bats establish an egalitarian community within a roost rather than a society based on a clear hierarchy of dominance that is often seen in animal groups, a new study ...

The strong relationship formed between two female adult vampire bats may have motivated one of the bats to adopt the other's baby. During a study with captive vampire bats at the Smithsonian Tropical ...