Squid eggs wait in gelatinous orbs to hatch. Capitella worms will make their way to the eggs and wrestle inside. Photograph By Jules Jacobs “The seabed and canyon slope, normally a stable point of ...

Scientists at MBARI encountered a female squid brooding giant eggs at a depth of more than 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) during an expedition to the Gulf of California. The squid was from an unknown ...

To finish up our celebration of Cephalopod Week we wanted to share a bit of squid news. A group of researchers recently identified a potentially new squid species in the family Gonatidae. Scientists ...

The deep sea teems with life. But in the black depths, these organisms remain largely mysterious. Squids in the deep ocean are rarely observed alive, but scientists on an exploration mission used a ...

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The vast and mysterious realm of the deep sea has yielded another intriguing discovery, thanks to the advanced underwater robots of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). During an ...

Marine researchers had a strange encounter during a recent dive in California's Monterey Bay. A squid mom hauled a spawling sheet of eggs through the water. "During a recent deep-sea dive, MBARI ...

Marine scientists have detailed a likely unknown species of squid that may spend years without eating to carefully watch over her eggs until they hatch. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes A team of ...

Scientists have filmed one of the only squids known to brood their eggs — the black-eyed squid — swimming with thousands of unhatched offspring suspended from hooks on its arms. When you purchase ...

An opalescent squid’s experience of motherhood is almost cruelly brief. Towards the end of her life, she engages in a dramatic reproductive spectacle where, under the glowing moon, a mating frenzy ...