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- 2009-10-29 Pitch-Chewing Tree Octopuses of British Columbia
- 2009-10-11 Trick-Or-Treat For Tree Octopus!
- 2009-10-03 How To Defend Against A Charging Octopus
- 2009-09-28 Tree Octopuses Among The Stars
- 2009-09-25 Harlan Ellison Stalks The Tree Octopus
- 2009-09-20 Pratchett's Nation
- 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
- 2009-10-29 Quick Thinking Saved The Life Of Stranded Octopus (South Wales Echo)
- Two South Wales families who discovered a stranded octopus on a South Wales beach almost certainly saved the creature's life.
- 2009-10-28 Moby Dick Comes To Life (Daily Mail)
- Ultra-rare images of a colossal sperm whale feeding on a giant squid.
- 2009-10-04 Theories Abound On Mass Strandings Of Squid Off Vancouver Island Coast (Canwest)
- Two mass strandings of Humboldt squid in the last two months on the West Coast have locals asking the question no one seems to be able to answer: why is this happening?
- 2009-09-25 Squid Warning On Vancouver Island (CBC)
- Dozens of Humboldt squid have washed up on Tofino, B.C., beaches, where an environmental group is warning people to stay away from the creatures during feeding frenzies.
- 2009-09-23 On-Off Iridescence In Squid (RSC)
- Studies on iridescent proteins found in the skin of squid are helping scientists to understand how the creatures change their appearance to camouflage themselves in the shifting light of the open ocean. The research probes the control mechanisms that squid use to turn these 'reflectin' proteins on and off.
- 2009-09-22 U.S. Scientists Net Giant Squid In Gulf Of Mexico (Reuters)
- Scientists unexpectedly netted a 19.5-foot (5.9-meter) giant squid off the coast of Louisiana, the Interior Department said on Monday, showing how little is known about life in the deep waters of the Gulf.
- 2009-09-22 "Red Devils" Wash Up On Oregon Beach (KVAL)
- For some reason more and more Humboldt squid are turning up further and further north along the Pacific Coast. (Sad picture).
- 2009-09-14 WA State Lets Fishermen Sell Salmon-Eating Squid (AP)
- Large Humboldt squid have shown up in the Strait of Juan de Fuca where commercial fishermen say they are stealing their catches. Now, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife is giving the fishermen some revenge by allowing them to sell squid they accidentally catch as they troll for salmon.
- 2009-09-11 Brain Scientists Misled By Squid (NPR)
- For more than 50 years, scientists who study the brain have been misled by squid. They did experiments on squid nerve cells thinking that those cells were good models for the human nervous system. Now a team of scientists in Germany says the squid may not be such a good model after all.
- 2009-09-08 Sexy Beast: The Mysteries Of The Giant Pacific Octopus (The Stranger)
- Buster is feeling shy, as usual. Buster is so acutely shy that researchers at the Seattle Aquarium can't tell whether this giant Pacific octopus is a boy or a girl.
- 2009-09-04 Octopus' Age No Longer A Mystery (FIS)
- Researchers from Spain and Chile have succeeded in determining the age of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) specimens captured off the coasts of Galicia and the Mediterranean Sea for the first time ever.
- 2009-09-04 NOAA Researchers Plan Octopus Study In Alaska Waters (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
- Federal fisheries researchers plan to begin octopus studies in Alaska in the winter of 2010, to learn more about their role in the ecosystem, in the event that a commercial fishery for octopus is developed.
- 2009-09-03 Desalination Threat To Whyalla Giant Cuttlefish (Adelaide Now)
- Whyalla's cuttlefish must be protected from the Olympic Dam desalination plant, the South Australian Tourism Commission has told the State Government.
- 2009-08-27 Ammonoids Thrived After Permian Extinction (NY Times)
- The Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago wiped out four out of five marine genera. Most genera took five million years to recover, but the ammonoids (related to squid and octopuses) diversified explosively in the first million years after the extinction. More, including graph, from Pharyngula.
- 2009-08-21 Cuttlefish Adopt A Low-Key Profile During Motion (Ars Technica)
- To avoid predators' attention during movement, cuttlefish opt for a more discrete, yet no less effective, form of camouflage. Also in cuttlefish news: Concern for colourful cuttlefish off Norfolk coast, UK -- Norfolkians, take part in a cuttlefish survey.
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