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- 2011-09-03 King Kong vs. The Tree Octopus Menace
- 2011-08-03 Summon A Tree Octopus In Minecraft
- 2011-08-01 Osaru no Kantai (The Monkey Fleet)
- 2011-07-17 Dixon's Tree Ammonite
- 2011-06-06 Review: The Lost Cavern
- 2011-05-28 Oscar III, Mountain-Climbing Octopus
- More entries about (and sometimes by) cephalopods...
Special Reports
- 2007-02-22 (UPDATED 2007-03-24) Larger Colossal Squid Caught
- New Zealand fishermen in the Ross Sea have caught a colossal squid weighing an estimated 495kg. Click link for collected factoids.
Older Special Reports:
- 2003-07-01 (UPDATED 2003-07-11) Chilean Blob: Not A Cephalopod
- A 12 meter long blob was found on a beach in Chile. It was suspected of being a giant octopus. Turned out to be decayed whale blubber.
- 2003-04-01 (UPDATED 2003-05-24) Colossal Squid Caught
- Fishermen near Antarctica have caught a rare, virtually intact specimen of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni (or "colossal squid") -- a very large, very aggressive squid with scores of razor-sharp hooks on its tentacles. Includes article round-up, photos and email from Steve O'Shea.
Recent Headlines
- 2012-01-05 Octopuses Rewrite Their RNA To Beat The Cold (ScienceNOW)
- An octopus dwelling in the frigid waters of the Antarctic uses a trick called RNA editing to customize crucial nervous system proteins to work at low temperatures.
- 2012-01-05 Tiny Cling-Ons May Help Cuttlefish (Adelaide Now)
- A parasite is helping scientists discover if Spencer Gulf, AU cuttlefish are unique or they mingle with others. The scientists are concerned cuttlefish are threatened by development in the gulf.
- 2011-11-24 Video: Octopus Walks on Land at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (YouTube)
- 2011-11-17 Vanishing Jumbo Squid Mystery Solved (Live Science)
- Humboldt squid that all but vanished from their usual haunts in 2010 moved north in search of food. And it seems the squid like their new feeding grounds.
- 2011-11-10 Squid And Octopus Switch On Camouflage (BBC)
- Scientists have discovered how two marine creatures are able to rapidly "switch" their colours -- from transparent to reddish brown.
- 2011-11-09 Squid Who Make Glue (Squid A Day)
- The squid genus Idiosepius, which contains only a handful of very small, very adorable species, have this habit of gluing themselves to seaweed, to hide from predators. Follow-up: Delving Into The Nature Of Squid Glue
- 2011-10-27 Deep Intellect: Inside the mind of the octopus (Orion)
- Many times I have stood mesmerized by an aquarium tank, wondering, as I stared into the horizontal pupils of an octopus's large, prominent eyes, if she was staring back at me -- and if so, what was she thinking?
- 2011-10-10 Giant Kraken Lair Discovered (GSA)
- Did a cruelly intelligent giant octopus from the Triassic create a self-portrait with the bones of its ichthyosaur prey? Not everyone is convinced.
- 2011-08-15 Octopus Is A Sucker For Ice Lollies (The Packet)
- Fishy flavoured lollies are the order of the day for one giant octopus in Newquay. Mr Tickle, who lives at the Blue Reef Aquarium in the town, has been given the snacks as part of an ongoing environmental enrichment programme.
- 2011-08-11 Flight Of The Argonauts (Deep Sea News)
- Paper nautiluses (argonauts) are free-swimming octopuses with fragile white shells that the females secrete in order to carry around their eggs.
- 2011-08-10 Small Squid Produce Bigger Sperm (BBC)
- Smaller squid make up for their diminutive size, and reduced sexual status, by producing bigger sperm. They produce the outsized sperm in a bid to thwart the chances of larger male squid rivals impregnating females.
- 2011-06-07 Shape-Shifting Cuttlefish Use Visual Clues (Geekosystem)
- New research from the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA has demonstrated for the first time that Cuttlefish also change their physical position to make them appear inconspicuous to predators.
- 2011-06-06 8-Legged Mom Has 50,000 Babies: 2-Legged Woman Watches (NPR)
- A couple of years ago, not far from the shore, Laurynn Evans discovered a giant Pacific octopus having babies (video).
- 2011-05-16 How Can A Colorblind Animal Change Its Colors? (Physorg)
- Cephalopod eyes lack color perception, thus the vexing question of how they achieve effective camouflage while being colorblind still remains.
- 2011-05-13 Is The Giant Squid The New Giant Panda? (Wonder Monkey)
- Can a 13-metre long beastie, all tentacles and suckers, be a conservation icon for our time?
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