This Halloween, vampire-mania will hit town, particularly as interest in vampires and vampirism has gripped the popular imagination by the throat in recent years. But what the various pop culture ...

When we think of vampires, we generally think of the Edward Cullen and Dracula types who have captured the popular imagination for centuries. Pale? Check. Fanged? Check. Totally fictional? Check. But ...

What’s the common thread connecting this motley crew? They’re all in Australia’s secret society of real vampires. Spawned from the goth subculture, this shadowy community – known as a ‘vampire court’ ...

Despite their small size, mosquitoes are responsible for killing more humans than any other creature. Some of the most dangerous places in the world are deemed such because of the disease that ...

Men prevent a vampire rising from its grave in a Romanian cemetery in this 19th-century illustration. Since Bram Stoker's Dracula was published in 1897, vampires have seized the world's imagination.

Lore about vampires and other blood-drinking beings has existed for centuries. For hundreds of years, people have been coming up with scientific explanations. Some link diseases to vampire-like ...