A chance encounter with a deeply mysterious cephalopod known as the whip-lash squid has been captured on camera some 1,000 ...

Fishing for giant squid (Dosidicus gigas ... but since last week the cephalopod has slowly reappeared in this part of the Peruvian coast. Now they expect the improvement is sustained and not ...

The skin of most cephalopods, specifically octopods, has been developed into suckers on each arm. Since the suckers on squid are generally not used for locomotion or anchoring (although they are ...

cephalopods (including octopods, squid and cuttlefish) and the decapod crustaceans or, for short, decapods (including crabs, lobsters and crayfish). We have also evaluated the potential welfare ...

The creature, a stubby squid, was discovered by the Exploration Vessel Nautilus team after they placed a camera on a remote-operated vehicle and came across the iridescent cephalopod with giant ...

A squid-like creature, armed with 10 tentacles studded with hooks, swam up to a prehistoric fish. The predator wrapped its long arms around the fish's head and crushed its skull. The cephalopod ...

Full-time biologist—part-time cephalopod matchmaker, Richard Ross invites us into his secret home lab where he studies the mating rituals of the lesser Pacific striped Octopus. Observe the different ...

In honor of Cephalopod Awareness Week, which happened Oct. 8-12, Greenpeace USA posted this amazing video to its Vine account on Friday. They captured footage of a squid attacking a Greenpeace ...

Ahuja et al. created a strain of bobtail squid that deactivated two genes that produce pigment in the skin and eyes. Credit Carrie Albertin and MBL Cephalopod Program.

Giant squid are infamous and plentiful creatures that have been found in every ocean. But the journey of the world’s longest cephalopod from mythology to science is far from over.