A spectral bat, or Linnaeus’s false vampire bat, bites down on a researcher’s glove. These bats weigh about six ounces and have gossamer wings that extend up to three feet. Sharp, hooked claws ...

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When a vampire bat bites its victim, it secretes DSPA. This destroys fibrin, which helps blood clot. During the mid-1980s, it emerged that the vampire bat enzyme was genetically related to tissue ...

A dead bat infected with rabies was found on Durant Avenue, Feb. 28. This finding marks the third such discovery of a rabid ...