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Squid and Snow

A deep sea squid known as the whiplash squid surrounded in marine snow. ...
two brittle stars in a tank
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Brittle Star Splits

Splitting your body in two is a feat only a few animals can complete, and now...
January 2020
A translucent hyperiid on a black background with orange stripes along its head.
Article

Many Eyes, Many Perspectives: The Astonishing Visual Systems of Hyperiids

In any given scoop of seawater, you will find an assortment of tiny critters called...
January 2020
a squid
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Octopoteuthis

An Octopoteuthis squid in Monterey Bay. ...
squid missing arm tip
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Squid Missing Arm

Octopoteuthis squid with missing arm tip. ...
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Squid Loses Arm in Defense Strategy

Mon, 08/12/2019 - 15:51
a squid
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Meet the Only Squid that Willfully Lops off its Arms

Lopping off one’s arm sounds like a harrowing experience, but for one deep-sea...
August 2019
dead coral from disease
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Sickness in the Sea: A Coral Plague Hits Florida

Florida corals had a rough 2014. During that year higher than normal ocean...
August 2019
The Komodo National Park site in Indonesia was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991. The site hosts "Komodo dragons" (Varanus komodoensis), a unique species that exists nowhere else in the world and is of great interest to scientists studying evolu
Article

Tunicates—Not So Spineless Invertebrates

There are thousands of marine invertebrate animals in the ocean, from small to...
June 2018
Thumbnail of Merriam-Webster video on the plural of octopus.
video

Octopi? The Plural of an Octopus

What is a group of eight-legged cephalopods called? Merriam-Webster ends our...
Wed, 02/14/2018 - 11:52
Thumbnail of expert on Bobtail Squids.
video

The Bobtail Squid

A bobtail squid expertly blends in with the light shining from the sea surface, but...
Tue, 02/13/2018 - 14:28
Thumbnail of a cartoonish octopus.
video

Why the Octopus Brain is so Extraordinary

An octopus is a lot brainier than you might imagine considering one of its closest...
Thu, 11/02/2017 - 09:54

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