"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Antarctic gonate squid, Gonatus antarcticus, had ...
Quick Take Sperm whales are the largest toothed whales and deep-diving predators, with a spermaceti organ used for sound ...
Deep beneath the ocean’s surface, where sunlight never reaches, a creature older than dinosaurs has quietly preserved secrets ...
A stunning discovery in North Greenland has reclassified strange squid-like fossils, revealing that nectocaridids were not early cephalopods but ancestors of arrow worms. Preserved nervous systems and ...
Architeuthis dux, better known as the giant squid, is likely the inspiration for the legendary kraken. The Granger Collection, New York There are few monsters left in the world. As our species has ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Meet Dr. Mike Vecchione, a NOAA zoologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Learn about octopods and squids, members of the ...