A behavioral ecologist explains the reciprocal social relationships vampire bats maintain, in sickness and in health.
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From naked mole rats to the immortal jellyfish – the creatures that would make Dracula shudder.
New data shows that the hairy-legged vampire bat of Pernambuco, Brazil, has developed an appetite for human blood over that of other possible prey.
They kill thousands of animals and people every year by spreading rabies. New research findings could solve the problem.
Vampire bat venom could be the new ingredient in drugs to treat stroke and high blood pressure. A team of researchers have…
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow
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Research Associate, University of Glasgow
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Departamento de Zoologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee