Hannan’s Pygmy Squid (Kodama jujutsu) with raised arms, photographed in the wild. Credit: Brandon Ryan Hannan In the coastal waters of the Okinawa Islands, researchers…
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Four squid embryos in their egg sac. These are the squid species Doryteuthis pealeii. Credit: Kristen Koenig Cephalopods were found to have similar brain development…
Octopuses have complex “camera” eyes, as seen here in a juvenile animal. Credit: Nir Friedman Cephalopods like octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish are highly intelligent animals…
To construct the body patterns it utilizes to disguise itself on the sea floor, European cuttlefish may use two independent brain systems that interpret particular…
Like many octopuses, the California two-spot octopus (Octopus bimaculoides) declines and dies shortly after breeding. Credit: Tom Kleindinst, Marine Biological Laboratory Changes in cholesterol production…
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…
An artistic reconstruction of the newly described 328-million-year-old vampyropod. Credit: © K. Whalen Description of exceptionally preserved fossil pushes back age of Vampyropoda by nearly…
Hail to the squid — A vampyropod fit for a president Researchers at Yale and the American Museum of Natural History have identified the earliest…
A pygmy zebra octopus hatchling in the Cephalopod Mariculture Lab at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. These octopuses are about the size of a…
The common cuttlefish is one of the largest and best-known cuttlefish species. Credit: © Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0 Cuttlefish can remember what, where, and…