Despite their eerie name and otherworldly appearance, vampire squids aren't the blood-sucking monsters they sound like. Dive ...

It’s proof that sometimes, the most eye-catching creatures are hiding in plain sight. Vampire Squid. Image by Carl Chun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Despite its spooky name, the vampire ...

The Octopod is grabbed by a colossal squid. The Octonauts are unable to break free due to the hooks on the ends of the squid's tentacles. Fortunately the arrival of some sperm whales turns the squid ...

Vampire Squid. Image by Carl Chun, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Despite its intimidating name, the Vampire Squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis, literally “vampire squid from hell”) is actually a ...

Scared Sperm Whale: A timid sperm whale must conquer his fears and dive deep down to help the Octonauts release Peso from a giant clam. Long Armed Squid: Peso and Kwazii venture down to the midnight ...

Illumination at depths like the midnight zone can potentially spook predators. This ability is similar to the vampire squid’s, which produces a liquid that luminesces when it’s in danger. Although ...

In a 2010 Rolling Stone article the journalist Matt Taibbi famously described Goldman Sachs as "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into ...

It follows naughty best friends Ollie the vampire squid and Zing the toxin-squirting sea bunny as they cause chaos in the deep sea with the rest of their undersea crew.

Most of what we know about the elusive creature comes from research on its remains found in whale stomachs, but scientists ...