Carnivorous bats, known collectively as false vampire bats because they don’t ... and researcher Ivar Vleut will release it back into its cave. GPS devices help scientists learn about the ...

The new leech species has three jaws, five pairs of eyes aligned in a U-shape, a disc-shaped “caudal sucker” for attachment, ...

This story appears in the September 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Several years ago, on assignment for National Geographic, I ventured inside a cave in Uganda to photograph a roost ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered that common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) possess a unique metabolic strategy, burning proteins directly for energy during exercise—a ...