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 ...

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 ...

Paleontologists have revealed a previously unknown vampire squid species that lived about 183 million years ago. The newly identified species, named Simoniteuthis michaelyi, was described as a ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A 183-million-year-old fossil found in Luxembourg turned out to be a new species of deep-sea vampire squid, researchers said in a new study. Photo by Fuchs, D., Weis, R. & Thuy, B. from the Swiss ...

The newfound vampyromorph species was equipped with defensive features not previously seen in the fossil record — and it's related to modern-day vampire squid. When you purchase through links on our ...

Scientists in China may have identified a newfound species of vampire squid — only the second known species in the world. Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) reach lengths of about 1 foot (0.3 ...

Some 183 million years ago, an eight-armed creature drifted through the shallow waters off of an island that would now be in the heart of Europe. The sea creature was hunting for prey. But as it ...