In the coastal waters of the Okinawa Islands, researchers have discovered two species of cephalopods, named in honor of traditional Japanese folklore. The underwater landscapes…
Bioluminescent bacteria and the Hawaiian bobtail squid have formed a longstanding mutually beneficial relationship. The intricate manner in which the bacteria coordinate their behavior to…
Cephalopods were found to have similar brain development to vertebrates in a new study. Cephalopods, which include octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish, exhibit impressive behaviors such…
Squid, octopus, and cuttlefish – even to scientists who study them – are wonderfully weird creatures. Known as the soft-bodied or coleoid cephalopods, they have…
While octopus and cuttlefish are famous for their use of camouflage to match the color of the substrate, a third type of cephalopod—the squid—has never…
Description of exceptionally preserved fossil pushes back age of Vampyropoda by nearly 82 million years. New research led by scientists at the American Museum of…
Hail to the squid — A vampyropod fit for a president Researchers at Yale and the American Museum of Natural History have identified the earliest…
Single Atlantic cod and squid can be found far further north than previously thought. In the midst of the Arctic Ocean, in deep water, scientists…
Bobtail and bottletail squids are tiny marine invertebrates that are found throughout the world’s oceans and are useful model animals for research There are 68…
University of Queensland researchers completed the first MRI-based mapping of the squid brain in 50 years to develop an atlas of neural connections. We are…
Vampyroteuthis infernalis, the vampire squid, which technically isn’t a squid at all, is a cephalopod that lives 3,000 feet (900 meters) deep in warm waters….
A new study, using high-speed photography, shows that squids can save energy by flying rather than swimming. Some species of Cephalopoda can launch themselves into…