The team says it is a whole new species of extinct vampire squid, and they have called it Simoniteuthis michaelyi. Despite the colloquial name, vampire squid are not really squid. They are small ...

S cientists in China have identified a potentially new species of vampire squid, marking only the second known species of ...

One such specimen MBARI scientists spotted was the vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis). Animals that live in the twilight zone have specialized adaptations for survival deep below the surface of ...

Preserving specimens in alcohol is not a new technique. The Museum's earliest wet collections ... animal's scientific name - Vampyroteuthis infernalis - translates to 'vampire squid from hell'. These ...