The vampire squid is a creature straight out of a gothic horror film. It lurks in the deep-sea abyss, cloaked in dark, webbed ...

With its unusual combination of features, the deep sea creature helps explain how other modern species emerged from a common ancestor ...

Learn more about the genetics of the vampire squid — a strange species whose genome suggests that modern octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish evolved from a squid-like ancient ancestor.

This week, researchers reported that weight and health markers may rebound when patients stop using some of the new hormonal gastric inhibitory polypeptide drugs. A prototype device can restore lost ...

It was the day the first snow fell on Mount Odaesan. At Jumunjin Fish Market, I encountered a bigfin reef squid. Several ...

Dangled carrot of formic acid fuel drives engineered bacteria to make cephalopod dye at yields a thousand times higher than ...

The Cuttlefish is known as the real King of Camouflage. Find out why the cuttlefish, a marine mollusc, has the world’s most ...

A Townsville marine biologist has released the world’s first scientific field guide for Magnetic Island, revealing the ...

A mysterious deep-sea creature has just helped scientists solve a long-standing evolutionary puzzle. The vampire squid—an unusual animal that looks like a mix between an octopus and a squid—has ...

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone.

KOCHI: Scientists at the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) have found a new species of deep-sea squid in the Arabian Sea. The species, scientifically named Taningia silasii (Indian ...

Almost a half-mile below Monterey Bay's surface, California scientists recorded rare footage of a seven-arm octopus eating a ...