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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. No one has ever seen vampire squid mate in the wild. But new research hints that the deep-sea ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's a question that may haunt horror-movie fans and science lovers alike: How long would it take ...

In 2006, an excavation of a small island in the Venice lagoon uncovered the remains of a 16th century 60-year-old woman buried with a brick in her mouth. One theory is that this brick was evidence of ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

According to National Geographic, the social interactions of vampire bats are more sophisticated than previously realized. Female vampire bats will sometimes vomit up the blood of a creature they have ...

Vampires are everywhere these days. Last weekend, the new vampire film "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" broke box office records, taking in over $70 million and may end up being one of the largest ...

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 ...