In the 90s, a video game craze took over the youth of the world — but unlike today’s games that rely on powerful PCs or consoles, these were simple, standalone devices with monochrome screens, each ...

Q. Someone told me that the body and arms of calamari, like you eat in a restaurant, can be more than 40 feet long. I’m not sure I believe my buddy or what I read on the internet, so what are the ...

Q. Someone told me that the body and arms of calamari, like you eat in a restaurant, can be more than 40 feet long. I’m not sure I believe my buddy or what I read on the internet, so what are the ...

For centuries, tales of sea monsters turned sailors’ fear of the unknown into legends of giant tentacled beasts. On March 9, 2025, a real-life encounter finally caught up with the myths when ...

It may be the biggest invertebrate on the planet, but we don’t know much about it. The first time scientists learned of the colossal squid was in 1925. Remains of the massive sea creature had been ...

Some baby squids look like tiny adults from the moment they hatch. Depending on the species, some baby squids grow rapidly. Some can even go from hatchling to near-adult in a few hours to a few days.

The mysterious giant squid has rarely ever been seen by humans, let alone photographed or filmed swimming in its natural habitat. Most of what we know about giant squids has come from fishermen ...

Examples of fossil lower beaks of squids from the Late Cretaceous discovered in this study. Scalebar: 1mm. Credit: Ikegami et al., Science, June 26, 2025 Squids first appeared about 100 million years ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American GULF OF CALIFORNIA—Days 4-5 Punta San Carlos ...

(CN) — Using 3D imaging of rocks, a research team from Hokkaido University in Japan found evidence that ancient squids once dominated the oceans. Cephalopods are model animals for long-term evolution, ...