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 ...

A bizarre "vampire squid" has been pulled from the ocean and some scientists believe that the deep-sea specimen represents an entirely new species. The specimen in question was collected during a ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

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, ...

Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, where sunlight never reaches, a creature older than dinosaurs has quietly preserved secrets of evolution. The vampire squid, a mysterious denizen of the deep, has ...

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 ...