While modern octopuses have DNA that consistently gets reshuffled, resulting in some chromosomal mixing, the researchers found that the vampire squid's genome kept much of its ancestral, squid-like ...

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

A new study reveals that vampire bats mimic each other's calls if they are close friends, suggesting they have deeper social ...

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

Halloween is the time of vampires, bats, and other dark figures. But bloodsuckers aren’t just found in horror stories–they also exist in the animal kingdom, along with creatures named for their ...

You can probably picture a vampire: Pale, sharply fanged undead sucker of blood, deterred only by sunlight, religious paraphernalia and garlic. They’re gnarly creatures, often favorite subjects for ...

Animals can be tricky to understand because they can’t speak to us in a form of communication that we can easily comprehend. But this obstacle hasn’t stopped experienced researchers from analyzing ...

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Blood-drinking bats are probably the most famous of all the Earth's vampiric beasts. Vampire bats are nocturnal animals that live in central and south America. There are three different species: Two ...

A certain Animal Crossing: New Horizons creature has unique features that are only visible in dark environments, making it much more interesting to observe during the night. Like many other creatures ...