Some 183 million years ago, an eight-armed creature drifted through the shallow waters off of an island that would now be in the heart of Europe. The sea creature was hunting for prey. But as it ...

Newly Discovered Jurassic Vampire Squid Species Found "With Prey In Its Arms" ... Two fishes are close to the specimen’s mouth, apparently being delivered by the arms.

A 183-million-year-old fossil found in Luxembourg turned out to be a new species of deep-sea vampire squid, researchers said in a new study. Photo by Fuchs, D., Weis, R. & Thuy, B. from the Swiss ...

The first vampire squid variant has these light-emitting organs placed a third of the way. Also, the new species has a pointed tail, while V. infernalis doesn’t get one.

Despite its ominous name and appearance, the vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) is a gentle deep-sea dweller that feeds on marine snow organic debris drifting from upper ocean layers.

The vampire squid specimen studied by Dajun Qiu and colleagues. This specimen was collected from a depth of around 3,000 feet in the South China Sea. Dajun Qiu et al.

Now, in a new study that appeared on May 2 in the preprint journal BioRxiv, researchers have described a second species of vampire squid found in the South China Sea, near Hainan island, China, in ...

A 183-million-year-old fossil found in Luxembourg turned out to be a new species of deep-sea vampire squid, researchers said in a new study. Photo by Fuchs, D., Weis, R. & Thuy, B. from the Swiss ...

Now, in a new study that appeared on May 2 in the preprint journal BioRxiv, researchers have described a second species of vampire squid found in the South China Sea, near Hainan island, China, in ...