Many questions received by the Museum concern the vampire bat. Because the true vampire bat of Central and South America feeds on blood, a popular misconception has been to link it to the human ...

A single bat can consume one third of its own bodyweight in insects every night. Vampire bats are the only mammals to feed entirely on blood and have tiny infra-red receptors in their nose leaf ...

In a groundbreaking study, scientists have discovered that common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) possess a unique metabolic ...