Vampire movies have trained us to expect the worst out of any creature that has "vampire" in the name. We only have ourselves to blame for that, as the vampires from the movies don't exist in real ...

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A team of paleontologists in Prague found a mysterious remnant that reaches far back in time, and deep into the ocean: a 30-million-year-old fossil of the notorious vampire squid. And while the living ...

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In the deep ocean, thousands of feet below the surface, lives a mysterious creature with a name befitting Halloween—the vampire squid. The scientific name of this species, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, ...

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Despite their name, vampire squid are not deep-sea bloodsuckers. In fact, new research finds these mysterious creatures are garbage disposals of the ocean. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

Delving into the evolutionary past of the enigmatic deep-sea vampire squid, Vampyroteuthis infernalis, has long been a pursuit shrouded in mystery. However, recent discoveries, such as a remarkable ...

This Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates the Halloween season with this 1889 scientific illustration of a vampire squid from Smithsonian Libraries. Its jet-black skin, the caped appearance of the webbing ...