of the deep-sea squid 'Magnapinna pacifica' swimming. Magnapinna pacifica is a very rare squid that has only been witnessed in more than a dozen cases worldwide. It has been described as 'a squid in a ...

A research team searching for a destroyer that sank during World War II at the bottom of the Philippine Sea reported that it had successfully found a squid that swims in the deepest waters to date.

Fascinating and elusive, the deep-sea squid is a creature of intriguing mysteries. One of the most compelling is its ability to use bioluminescent camouflage, a phenomenon recently captured on film.

A rare Indian octopus squid, Taningia silasii, has been discovered in the Arabian Sea, marking a significant find for deep-sea research. This second species in the Taningia genus, previously only ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Kochi, Nov 21 (IANS) In a rare breakthrough, scientists from the ICAR -- Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in Kochi have discovered a new species of deep-sea squid ...

Scientists have filmed a never-before-seen species of deep-sea squid burying itself upside down in the seafloor — a behavior never documented in cephalopods. They captured the bizarre scene while ...

Scientists of the ICAR–Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) have discovered a new species of deep-sea squid from the Arabian Sea—only the second confirmed species of the globally rare ...

Perhaps it was hiding from predators. Or trying to catch food. Then again, maybe it just wanted to be left alone. By Elizabeth Preston Like a scarf out of a magician’s sleeve, the squid appeared.

Researchers from Vienna and Japan sequenced the largest cephalopod genome. They analysed the genome of the vampire squid from deep waters. They found evidence linking octopuses to ancient squid-like ...