Polar bears’ noses are phenomenal. They smell a seal’s fart through a light year of snow and ice or something like that. Polar bears are cute, strong, beautiful, pure awesomeness all the way. Come on…

My friend and colleague Judit Pungor, a graduate student in Stuart Thompson's lab at Stanford's marine station, drew the most amazing poster of how squids see: It's so adorable, and so educational.…

José Marian, the author of this paper about sperm injection, very kindly and promptly provided me with a copy. I began reading with an enthusiasm which only increased as I proceeded through the…

Squid sex is both discreet and discrete. Discreet, because usually the sexual organs remain hidden. The only visible activity looks more like a handshake than like intercourse, as the male uses one…

My husband has an enormous head. Sometimes this concerns me, when I consider the degree to which skull size may have a genetic basis and the fact that we'll probably reproduce at some point. That has…

Eek, sorry, I kinda disappeared for a few days. There was really good powder, what can I say? I can at least draw a tenuous connection between driving up to the mountains and today's blog topic! If…

A curious tale! Not least because the writer has no compunctions about referring to squid as fish. While the group "fish" is by no means taxonomically rigorous, and comprises creatures as diverse as…

That was a joke. I don't think it's actually revolutionary. But Shimano sure does! "Shimano says its Egi System will not only catch you more squid but will make your squid fishing even more enjoyable…

I've been tracking the Illex argentinus fishery for a while now--remember 2009 was the worst year ever, and while 2010 was better it was still far from a complete recovery. How's 2011 shaping up? In…

The Smithsonian has posted cool videos of Clyde Roper talking about his passion for the giant squid, Architeuthis. Two of the videos are short excerpts of an interview with Roper, and one is a ten-…