ZPi Cephalopod News
ZPi Blog Cephalopod Topic
- 2019-06-03 Fae Archaic: A Crime-ridden Fairy Tale
- 2019-05-14 Possible Tree Ammonite Discovered
- 2019-02-25 Tree Octopus Mural In Spokane
- 2019-02-24 Devon Hedge Octopus
- 2019-02-23 "Drom Lunarius": Tree Octopi, Pyramid Eye, & Camels
- 2016-08-26 Danger: Octobot
- 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
- 2019-06-14 Squid Could Thrive Under Climate Change (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies)
- Squid will survive and may even flourish under even the worst-case ocean acidification scenarios, according to a new study.
- 2019-05-17 Climate Breakdown Could Send Squid And Octopuses Blind (Science Alert)
- Marine biologists have just demonstrated for the first time that low oxygen levels in the water can send marine invertebrates blind.
- 2019-05-14 Scientists Intrigued By Open-Ocean Dwelling Blanket Octopus (The Standard)
- A mysterious and rarely seen female octopus has washed up on a Port Fairy, AU beach but scientists are unsure exactly why. Wikipedia: Blanket octopus (Tremoctopus).
- 2019-05-13 Extinct Squid Relative Entombed In Amber For 100 million Years (Science)
- A cache of ancient Burmese amber has revealed something completely unexpected: an extinct squidlike organism called an ammonite, which swam Earth’s seas while dinosaurs dominated the land. This is the first ammonite and one of the very first marine organisms ever found in amber; because the gemstone is fossilized tree resin, it traps mostly land organisms.
- 2019-04-25 Video: Octo in a cup (Pall Sigurdsson)
- Divers spent a whole dive and most of their air finding a new shell for a coconut octopus that had been using a plastic cup.
- 2019-03-19 Scientists Discover What's Controlling Chameleon-Like Abilities In Squid (UChicago News)
- A paradigm-shifting discovery in how specialized organs in squid skin, called chromatophores, contribute to their color and pattern switching feat via an elegant interplay of pigmentary action and structural coloration.
- 2019-03-12 This Octopus's Dreams (Maybe) Were Written All Over Its Body (Live Science)
- Octopuses are known for their astonishing ability to rapidly shift their skin color and texture, to hide from predators, to sneak up on prey and to communicate with each other. But what exactly is going on when octopuses change color in their sleep? (Video)
- 2019-02-23 Paper Nautilus, Octopus Of The Open Sea (JSTOR)
- Paper nautilus is actually the name for the shell of female Argonautidae. This family of small octopuses lives in the pelagic (open ocean) zone rather than near the seafloor like most octopuses. They are unrelated to the better-known chambered nautilus.
- 2019-02-21 Squid Teeth Could Help Make Bioplastics & Self-Repairing Clothes (New Scientist)
- Squid have tough, serrated suckers at the end of their tentacles known as squid ring teeth (SRT). A protein in SRTs can be turned into fibres and films for making tough, flexible and biodegradable plastics. Melik Demirel at Penn. State University and his team have genetically engineered E. coli bacteria to grow it.
- 2019-02-19 New Squid Genome Shines Light On Symbiotic Evolution (Quanta)
- Researchers hope that the genes of Hawaiian bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes), which use symbiotic microbes (Vibrio fischeri) to produce camouflaging light, can illuminate how animals evolved organs for beneficial bacteria.
- 2019-01-24 Envisioned "Octopus Farms" Would Have Far-Reaching & Detrimental Environmental Impact (NYU)
- Commercial octopus farming, currently in developmental stages on multiple continents, would have a negative ripple effect on sustainability and animal welfare, concludes a team of researchers.
- 2018-10-31 Octavius The Octopus Surprises Aquarium (Savannah Now)
- Curator Devin Dumont of the Marine Education Center and Aquarium at Skidaway, GA: "I noticed this cloud of moving dots and I realized, 'Oh my God, she had babies. There are babies. There are babies everywhere.' And a sort of panic ensued. I immediately started scooping them out and putting them in buckets and there were just buckets and buckets and buckets full of tiny octopi."
- 2018-10-29 World's Largest Deep-sea Octopus Nursery Discovered (NatGeo)
- Scientists discovered over 1,000 female Muusoctopus robustus, many brooding eggs, in a shimmering "octopus garden" that may be seeping natural gas or hot water.
- 2018-10-29 Rare Dumbo Octopus Filmed Swimming in The Deep Ocean (ScienceAlert)
- Deep in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of California, marine scientists have been lucky enough to capture a rare and wonderful sight: a sweet Dumbo octopus (Grimpoteuthis) going about its business.
- 2018-10-26 That Adorable Baby Octopus Is Actually a Pea-Sized Killer (Earther)
- An image of a pea-sized cephalopod (O. cyanea or O. ornatus) has been making the rounds this week as the result of how cute this tiny squish appears at first glance. But make no mistake, even a baby octopus can be a cold-hearted killer—and there's photographic evidence to prove it.
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