Nature is full of masters of disguise. From the chameleon to arctic hare, natural camouflage is a common yet powerful way to ...

Most squid species have a torpedo-shaped body, called a mantle, supported by an internal shell known as a gladius or pen. It’s pointy on one end and flared at the other, and it protects the ...

A species of oval squid from Okinawa, locally known as Shiro-ika, is being cultured at OIST’s Marine Science Station. This animal exhibited amazing camouflaging abilities never before recorded ...

This remarkable young sea is thought to be around five million years old and home to nearly 900 species of fish and ... there were no reports of Humboldt squid in the Sea of Cortez.

The squid has a special symbiotic organ called the light organ, which is colonized by one species of bacteria. These bacteria give the squid the power to glow in the dark, which the animal uses as an ...

“It’s no more complicated than that.” Others opine that the two are associated with different species within the class cephalopoda. This article claims that “squid is cheaper and tougher; calamari is ...