According to scientists, they have worked out how and why vampire bats are now the only creatures that can live only on human blood. It was discovered that 13 genes are either absent or no longer function in vampire bats ...

Researchers recently discovered fossils of a giant vampire bat. The jawbone was found in a cave not far from the town of Miramar, in Buenos Aires, during an excavation of Pleistocene-era sediments. For researchers, the bat fossil record is valuable ...