Bad Sleep Has Been Linked To Dementia, But These 4 Steps May Lower Your Risk Scientists think they know why Stonehenge was ...

Vampires were very real to people in the past, but there are many ways science can explain their characteristics, whether they come from folklore or fiction. What is a vampire? There are blood ...

told Live Science in an email. There are three vampire bat species: the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus), the hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) and the white-winged vampire bat ...

A common vampire bat going out for its nocturnal hunt DNA analysis is giving clues to how the vampire bat can survive on blood alone. The bat can drink up to half its weight in blood a day unlike ...

Centuries ago, villagers buried a "vampire" — a young-but-sickly woman ... artist who sculpted the woman's likeness, told Live Science in an email. This unusual burial was intended "to ...

Vampire bats have been put on a treadmill as a study showed the special way they use blood for energy - as well as how quickly they can run. Footage shows one bat using its wings to sprint along ...

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 ...

Archaeology provides fascinating insights into the complex rites humans have used to send off our dead. In time for Halloween, here are 12 discoveries made recently about death and burial ...