Within days of the fatality, residents living 400 miles away in Salvador reported a flurry of vampire bat attacks. Matheus Andrade, a 22-year-old engineer, was bitten three times in his sleep by ...

The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus ... toggling between two distinct gaits to circle their sleeping prey. Heat-sensing ...

Bloody heat The vampire bat feeds off sleeping animals, including birds and mammals (yes, even humans ). To get its blood fix, the bat first needs to find an animal, and then determine if it is ...

The vampire bat feeds off sleeping animals, including birds and mammals (yes, even humans). To get its blood fix, the bat first needs to find an animal, and then determine if it is sleeping.

The common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus ... toggling between two distinct gaits to circle their sleeping prey. Heat-sensing receptors on their noses help them find warm blood under their ...

Bites from rabid vampire bats were blamed for 23 deaths in northern Brazil over the past two months, according to local newspaper reports. Many scientists fear such encounters will become more ...

A white winged vampire bat, photographed in September 2006. (David Lassman/ [email protected]) A Salina woman who was bitten by a rabid bat in her apartment as she slept Friday says she woke ...

A GRUESOME story of the ways of the vampire bat is contributed to The Toronto Mail and Empire by Dean Harris, who encountered the beast in Yucatan. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

Vampire bats are the only mammals that engage in hematophagy ... which are known on the African continent for spreading sleeping sickness. To fuel their flight between meals, these flies oxidize ...

A vampire bat can land on a sleeping cow or human and administer a bite that may go unnoticed. Taking a snooze outdoors in vampire bat territory could be hazardous to your health, especially if ...