A 3D image of a one day-old Brenner’s bobtail squid, Euprymna sp. hatchling. Credit: Jeff Jolly and Yuko Hasegawa You might think the bobtail squid would easily fall under #TeamCute. But this ...

"FAO FishFinder"--Vol. 2, title page. Rewritten, revised, and updated version of: Cephalopods of the world : an annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries / prepared by ...

The first genetically altered squid has scientists excited about a potential new way to study marine critters that are so weird, they've sometimes been compared to alien life forms. Scientists report ...

Co-author from Kazan Federal University, Professor Rushan Sabirov explains, "In ecosystems, two or more closely related species of organisms with similar ecology and morphological appearance often ...

New research shows that the oldest ancestors of the group of animals that includes octopuses and vampire squids had not eight but 10 arms. The study, which describes a new species of vampyropod based ...

Researchers have identified the earliest known relative of modern-day vampyropods. The family of creatures includes both octopuses and squid. The scientists published a study in the journal Nature ...

An extensive review of cephalopod fauna from the Northwest African Atlantic coast was performed. An extensive review of cephalopod fauna from the Northwest African Atlantic coast was performed by ...

Learn more about the genetics of the vampire squid — a strange species whose genome suggests that modern octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish evolved from a squid-like ancient ancestor. According to a ...

We named him Squirt – not because he was the smallest of the 16 cuttlefish in the pool, but because anyone with the audacity to scoop him into a separate tank to study him was likely to get soaked.

Cephalopods such as octopuses and squid could soon receive the same legal protection as mice and monkeys do when they are used in research. On 7 September, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

The ocean plays host to a plethora of diverse marine animal species, but the vast majority of those generally reside at the lesser depths where the surrounding pressure is substantially more tolerable ...