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Friday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Off California Coast

Published 2026-10-31 belongs bigfin squid

Neat video : The sighting, announced September 2, marks the first time anyone has spotted a live bigfin squid, which belongs to the Magnapinna genus, in the nor…

Friday Squid Blogging: New Jurassic Squid Predecessors

Published 2026-11-07 jurassic squid bizarre

News story: “ Scientists discover a bizarre Jurassic ‘squid’ unlike anything ever seen .” Scientists have identified the “fattest” belemnite ever discovered, a …

Squid's Glowing Skin Patterns May Be Code

Published 2020-04-03 glowing squid adchoices

Humboldt squid can rapidly change the pigmentation and luminescence patterns on their skin by contracting and relaxing their muscles, possibly to communicate. L…

Childhood Illnesses Surge, Magnetic Poles Wandered, and a Colossal Squid Is Found

Published 2025-04-22 wandered poles colossal

Measles cases are going up—and a federal scientist has warned that case counts have probably been underreported. Another vaccine-preventable illness, whooping c…

Yes, you heard that correctly. Two hundred and fifty

Published 2021-11-04 qualys 1password smashing

A game about Squid Game pulls the rug from under cryptocurrency investors in what appears to be a scam, PayPal hackers use a devious trick to break into 2FA-pro…

Episode 270 - Dr. Danna Staaf

Published 2017-11-22 cephalopods staaf danna

Science writer, educator, and artist Dr. Danna Staaf recently published her first book, Squid Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Cephalopods , and she joins Matt …