Sep 14, 2022 · A dead giant squid has washed up on a beach at a nature reserve in New Zealand. A group of tourists was lucky enough to see the body up close.

Jun 6, 2023 · Numerous videos online show that squid undergo a dramatic color-changing effect after being stunned or killed. YouTube has several videos showing fishermen karate chopping squid to kill them,...

Jan 13, 2018 · Some squid sink to the ocean floor when they die, researchers found, and they may take a lot of carbon down there with them.

Mar 18, 2005 · Dead jumbo squid are again mysteriously washing up along the Southern California coastline, baffling scientists who are trying to find out why.

Jun 7, 2023 · Researchers at Stanford University have conducted experiments on squid in which they snip a key nerve that connects the brain to chromatophores on one side of the body. When they do, that half of the squid becomes pale and translucent. But fascinatingly, within a matter of days, some of the chromatophores on that side start to function again.

Aug 27, 2018 · Divers visiting New Zealand's south coast of Wellington were looking for a nice spot to go spearfishing Saturday morning (Aug. 25) when they spotted one of the ocean's most impressive creatures of...

This Japanese delicacy known as odori-don or "dancing squid rice bowl" is a variation on traditional squid sashimi and uses soy sauce to create the disturbing illusion of bringing a dead...

Dec 17, 2012 · For residents of the central California coast, there might finally be an explanation for the thousands of dead squid that have littered their beaches this week. The dead cephalopods have been a...

Jan 20, 2016 · An apocalyptic scenario: tens of thousands of dead Humboldt squids (Dosidicus gigas) have been washed up on the shores of Santa Maria Island in Chile over the past week. However, scientists still ignore the causes of this mysterious mass die-off.

Dec 12, 2012 · Hundreds of Humboldt squid stranded themselves on Santa Cruz County beaches in recent days in what the San Francisco Chronicle called a "mysterious frenzy of suicide." Researchers are unsure what...