While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers ...

Finding that vampire bats along Peru’s coast carried H5N1 antibodies raises concerns that multiple bat species could become ...

One of the most famous mythical creatures throughout history is the infamous vampire. But they might not be entirely mythical ...

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Very rare picture of a vampire squid. Credit: MBARI. The vampire squid is a creature straight out of a gothic horror film. It lurks in the deep-sea abyss, cloaked in dark, webbed arms, its massive ...

Researchers from Vienna and Japan sequenced the largest cephalopod genome. They analysed the genome of the vampire squid from deep waters. They found evidence linking octopuses to ancient squid-like ...

Astronomers using NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) have captured a rare sighting of a "vampire star" feeding on its companion. The research team from the Massachusetts Institute of ...

Vampire bats may have earned their name, as the Smithsonian Channel describes them... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED COMMENTATOR: Vampire bats are the only bats in the world that feed ...