Learn more about the genetics of the vampire squid — a strange species whose genome suggests that modern octopuses, squids, ...

The elusive 'vampire squid from hell' has just yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, a monster clocking in at ...

National Institute of Technology—Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the largest cephalopod genome sequenced to date. Their analyses, published in iScience, show ...

The vampire squid genome shows it kept ancient features shared with squids, while octopuses gained major chromosomal changes.

For centuries, humans have been concerned about the dead coming back to life. Many people thought this could be stopped by putting a stone or brick in the mouths, experts said. 'Vampires' were thought ...