Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures metabolized the blood they feed on, according to a newly published study. The study, published in Biology ...

This week in science: the genetic secrets of the 'vampire squid from hell'; a dinosaur superhighway; the longest known ...

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

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 ...

The elusive 'vampire squid from hell' has just yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, a monster clocking in at more than 11 billion base pairs – more than twice as large as the biggest ...

The remains of a 10-year-old biting on a stone have been unearthed by archaeologists in a fifth century Italian cemetery, evidence suggesting a “vampire burial” to prevent the child’s return from the ...

In 2006, an excavation of a small island in the Venice lagoon uncovered the remains of a 16th century 60-year-old woman buried with a brick in her mouth. One theory is that this brick was evidence of ...

No one has ever seen vampire squid mate in the wild. But new research hints that the deep-sea creatures have a reproductive strategy that sets them apart from other cephalopods. While most female ...

Planning to visit Poland soon? Beware of the vampires. Well, not really. According to the Telegraph, skeletons were found with their heads removed and placed on their legs in the Polish town of ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Just ...

Vampires are everywhere these days. Last weekend, the new vampire film "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" broke box office records, taking in over $70 million and may end up being one of the largest ...

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